This is a list of meterpreter commands that can be used in various situations. Some examples include executing a script in the background, closing a channel, disabling or enabling unicode encoding, and terminating a meterpreter session. Other commands include retrieving information about a system, executing a command, and getting information about running processes. Additionally, the article mentions the possibility of uploading a malicious file using file inclusion attacks, but it is important to exercise caution and use a vulnerable machine for testing and learning purposes instead of a live website.
background – Backgrounds the current session
bgkill – Kills a background meterpreter script
bglist – Lists running background scripts
bgrun – Executes a meterpreter script as a background thread
channel – Displays information or control active channels
close – Closes a channel
disable_unicode_encoding – Disables encoding of unicode strings
enable_unicode_encoding – Enables encoding of unicode strings
exit – Terminate the meterpreter session
get_timeouts – Get the current session timeout values
help – Help menu
info – Displays information about a Post module
irb – Drop into irb scripting mode
load – Load one or more meterpreter extensions
machine_id – Get the MSF ID of the machine attached to the session
migrate – Migrate the server to another process
quit – Terminate the meterpreter session
read – Reads data from a channel
resource – Run the commands stored in a file
run – Executes a meterpreter script or Post module
sessions Quickly – switch to another session
set_timeouts – Set the current session timeout values
sleep – Force Meterpreter to go quiet, then re-establish session.
transport – Change the current transport mechanism
use – Deprecated alias for ‘load’
uuid – Get the UUID for the current session
write – Writes data to a channel
cat – Read the contents of a file to the screen
cd – Change directory
checksum – Retrieve the checksum of a file
cp – Copy source to destination
dir – List files (alias for ls)
download – Download a file or directory
edit – Edit a file
getlwd – Print local working directory
getwd – Print working directory
lcd – Change local working directory
lpwd – Print local working directory
ls – List files
mkdir – Make directory
mv – Move source to destination
pwd – Print working directory
rm – Delete the specified file
rmdir – Remove directory
search – Search for files
upload – Upload a file or directory
portfwd – Forward a local port to a remote service
execute – Execute a command
getenv – Get one or more environment variable values
getpid – Get the current process identifier
getuid – Get the user that the server is running as
kill – Terminate a process
localtime – Displays the target system’s local date and time
pgrep – Filter processes by name
pkill – Terminate processes by name
ps – List running processes
shell – Drop into a system command shell
sysinfo – Gets information about the remote system, such as OS