Metasploit Wrap-Up 04/03/2026
2026-04-04T19:23:47Z•e6bf29d08d758a77042739acd4224aea454323b0105cf817e625dc441d2da0f9
AI-MDRBPFDoorESC/POSHKCU\Environment\UserInitMprLogonScriptIABNTLM-relayRCERubySMBSMBberkeley-packet-filtereclipse-chefreescoutgrav-cmshttp-command-executionhttpShellicmpShellinitial-access-brokerskernel-backdoormetasploitos_cmd_execpersistenceprinter-exploittelecom-infrastructurevisibility
What happened
Rapid7 blog roundup covering multiple offensive and defensive updates: Metasploit received new HTTP/HTTPS CMD payloads, modules adding unauthenticated RCE exploits for FreeScout (ZWSP .htaccess bypass) and Grav CMS, a generic multi/http/os_cmd_exec module for HTTP->system command execution, NTLM/SMB relaying improvements, and a new Windows persistence technique abusing HKCU\Environment\UserInitMprLogonScript. Rapid7 Labs published a whitepaper describing seven new BPFDoor kernel‑level backdoor variants (notably httpShell and icmpShell) that use BPFs and stateless/ICMP C2 to achieve highly-stee
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- 2026-04-04T19:23:47Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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