Sploitus

Exploit for Periodic Script Persistence

metasploit · 2025-08-29

Exploit Code

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## https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=MSF:EXPLOIT-MULTI-LOCAL-PERIODIC_SCRIPT_PERSISTENCE-
This module will achieve persistence by writing a script to the /etc/periodic directory.
          According to The Art of Mac Malware no such malware species persist in this manner (2024).
          This payload requires root privileges to run. This module can be run on BSD, OSX or Arch Linux.
### Module Options

```
    msf > use exploit/multi/local/periodic_script_persistence
    msf exploit(periodic_script_persistence) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(periodic_script_persistence) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(periodic_script_persistence) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(periodic_script_persistence) > exploit
```