Using MSFvenom Payload Creator (MSFPC)

In the previous section, we saw how to use msfvenom to generate custom payloads for client-side attacks. msfvenom is indeed a powerful tool, which comes with many customizable parameters. However, there could be situations where you just want to quickly generate a payload and drop it on your target. This is where the MSFPC tool can come in handy. MSFPC uses the same msfvenom tool in the backend but provides an easy-to-use interface for quick payload generation.

MSFPC just requires one argument to generate the payload, and that is the target platform. It can generate payloads for the following platforms:

• APK
• ASP
• ASPX
• Bash
• Java
• Linux
• OSX
• Perl
• PHP
• Powershell
• Python
• Tomcat
• Windows

Follow these steps to get started with MSFPC:

1. Open the Terminal and type msfpc help, as in the following screenshot:

   Figure 6.13 – MSFPC console

2. Now we'll try to generate a payload...