netcat reverseshell hanging after connection

Question

I put a reverse shell on a machine in my lab enviornment and it seems to just hang after there is a connection in netcat - I'm not sure why this is.

I've tried different ports but no luck. See screenshot below - any ideas are much appreciated

the reverse shell exits after establishing a connection.what are you using to establish the connection? — yeah_well, Mar 21 '19 at 13:37

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 21 '19 at 05:36

0

I suggest that you try using either ncat or netcat instead of nc. Plus Ncat support -e function for executing, and i do not think that nc does in the current version.

answered Mar 21 '19 at 05:36

predator500

1

after trying all 3 (nc , netcat , ncat) I am still getting the hanging connection – t0o0tz Mar 21 '19 at 12:21

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '19 at 13:48

0

The issue was my choice of shell from msfvenom - I was using windows/shell/reverse_tcp but that requires a meterpreter connection , I wanted to use netcat so I needed to use windows/shell_reverse_tcp

answered Mar 21 '19 at 13:48

t0o0tz

1
2

Isnt that what i was asking you in the comments? – yeah_well Dec 16 '19 at 14:16
Yes it helped me understand what the problem was. Thank you ! – t0o0tz Feb 19 '20 at 17:22

netcat reverseshell hanging after connection

2 Answers2