Re: patchup prefix

[HD Moore <hdm () metasploit com>]

On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 20:41 -0500, Jeffs wrote:
> what does the "patchup" prefix mean?  Or does it mean it was created by 
> a different author from the "original" payload modules?
>
> i.e., : windows/patchupmeterpreter/reverse_tcp

There are two ways that metasploit does in-memory DLL injection, the
original method, developed by skape and jt, is what we used exclusively
until 2008 or so. Stephen Fewer created a new method of doing DLL
injection that had a number of advantages and we gradually swapped the
old method for his method, but we left the old method in the tree. The
"patchup" prefix refers to the skape/jt injection method while the
"defaults" are now reflective.

-HD

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