Periodic Script Persistence

This module will achieve persistence by writing a script to the /etc/periodic directory. According to The Art of Mac Malware no such malware species persist in this manner 2024. This payload requires root privileges to run. This module can be run on BSD, OSX or Arch Linux. Module Options msf use...

Metasploit Weekly Wrap-Up 09/05/2025

Persistence Improvements and Exploits This week, the Metasploit team and the community has made improvements to some persistence modules such as Bash, which improves how they function behind the scenes. They have also been tagged with MITRE ATT&CK techniques. A new exploit has also been added thi...

Race condition in periodic

Overview A race condition in the 'periodic' script allows local files to be overwritten. We believe that 'periodic' is typically used only with FreeBSD systems, though it may be installed on other systems. Description 'periodic' is a script used in conjunction with cron to execute jobs at specifi...