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Gemfile.lock

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ PATH
       metasploit-concern
       metasploit-credential
       metasploit-model
-      metasploit-payloads (= 2.0.148)
+      metasploit-payloads (= 2.0.154)
       metasploit_data_models
       metasploit_payloads-mettle (= 1.0.26)
       mqtt
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ GEM
       activemodel (~> 7.0)
       activesupport (~> 7.0)
       railties (~> 7.0)
-    metasploit-payloads (2.0.148)
+    metasploit-payloads (2.0.154)
     metasploit_data_models (6.0.2)
       activerecord (~> 7.0)
       activesupport (~> 7.0)

LICENSE_GEMS

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ metasploit-concern, 5.0.1, "New BSD"
 metasploit-credential, 6.0.5, "New BSD"
 metasploit-framework, 6.3.37, "New BSD"
 metasploit-model, 5.0.1, "New BSD"
-metasploit-payloads, 2.0.148, "3-clause (or ""modified"") BSD"
+metasploit-payloads, 2.0.154, "3-clause (or ""modified"") BSD"
 metasploit_data_models, 6.0.2, "New BSD"
 metasploit_payloads-mettle, 1.0.26, "3-clause (or ""modified"") BSD"
 method_source, 1.0.0, MIT

lib/msf/core/feature_manager.rb

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module Msf
     DATASTORE_FALLBACKS = 'datastore_fallbacks'
     FULLY_INTERACTIVE_SHELLS = 'fully_interactive_shells'
     MANAGER_COMMANDS = 'manager_commands'
+    METASPLOIT_PAYLOAD_WARNINGS = 'metasploit_payload_warnings'
     DEFAULTS = [
       {
         name: WRAPPED_TABLES,
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@ module Msf
         description: 'When enabled you can consistently set username across modules, instead of setting SMBUser/FTPUser/BIND_DN/etc',
         requires_restart: true,
         default_value: true
+      }.freeze,
+      {
+        name: METASPLOIT_PAYLOAD_WARNINGS,
+        description: 'When enabled Metasploit will output warnings about missing Metasploit payloads, for instance if they were removed by antivirus etc',
+        requires_restart: true,
+        default_value: false
       }.freeze
     ].freeze
 

lib/msf/core/payload/java.rb

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module Msf::Payload::Java
     jar = Rex::Zip::Jar.new
     jar.add_sub("metasploit") if opts[:random]
     jar.add_file("metasploit.dat", stager_config(opts))
-    jar.add_files(paths, MetasploitPayloads.path('java'))
+    jar.add_files(paths, ::MetasploitPayloads.path('java'))
     jar.build_manifest(:main_class => main_class)
 
     jar

lib/msf/core/payload/stager.rb

@@ -188,15 +188,14 @@ module Msf::Payload::Stager
         end
       end
 
-      p = generate_stage(opts)
-
-      # Encode the stage if stage encoding is enabled
+      # Generate and encode the stage if stage encoding is enabled
       begin
+        p = generate_stage(opts)
         p = encode_stage(p)
-      rescue ::RuntimeError
+      rescue ::RuntimeError, ::StandardError => e
         warning_msg = "Failed to stage"
         warning_msg << " (#{conn.peerhost})"  if conn.respond_to? :peerhost
-        warning_msg << ": #{$!}"
+        warning_msg << ": #{e}"
         print_warning warning_msg
         if conn.respond_to? :close && !conn.closed?
           conn.close

lib/msf/ui/console/driver.rb

@@ -364,7 +364,19 @@ class Driver < Msf::Ui::Driver
 
     run_single("banner") unless opts['DisableBanner']
 
-    av_warning_message if framework.eicar_corrupted?
+    payloads_manifest_errors = framework.features.enabled?(::Msf::FeatureManager::METASPLOIT_PAYLOAD_WARNINGS) ? ::MetasploitPayloads.manifest_errors : []
+
+    av_warning_message if (framework.eicar_corrupted? || payloads_manifest_errors.any?)
+
+    if framework.features.enabled?(::Msf::FeatureManager::METASPLOIT_PAYLOAD_WARNINGS)
+      if payloads_manifest_errors.any?
+        warn_msg = "Metasploit Payloads manifest errors:\n"
+        payloads_manifest_errors.each do |file|
+          warn_msg << "\t#{file[:path]} : #{file[:error]}\n"
+        end
+        $stderr.print(warn_msg)
+      end
+    end
 
     opts["Plugins"].each do |plug|
       run_single("load '#{plug}'")

lib/rex/post/meterpreter/client_core.rb

@@ -363,7 +363,12 @@ class ClientCore < Extension
         # Get us to the installation root and then into data/meterpreter, where
         # the file is expected to be
         modname = "ext_server_#{mod.downcase}"
-        path = MetasploitPayloads.meterpreter_path(modname, suffix, debug: client.debug_build)
+        begin
+          path = MetasploitPayloads.meterpreter_path(modname, suffix, debug: client.debug_build)
+        rescue ::StandardError => e
+          elog(e)
+          path = nil
+        end
 
         if opts['ExtensionPath']
           path = ::File.expand_path(opts['ExtensionPath'])

metasploit-framework.gemspec

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   # are needed when there's no database
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'metasploit-model'
   # Needed for Meterpreter
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'metasploit-payloads', '2.0.148'
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'metasploit-payloads', '2.0.154'
   # Needed for the next-generation POSIX Meterpreter
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'metasploit_payloads-mettle', '1.0.26'
   # Needed by msfgui and other rpc components

modules/payloads/singles/java/shell_reverse_tcp.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 module MetasploitModule
 
-  CachedSize = 7503
+  CachedSize = 7497
 
   include Msf::Payload::Single
   include Msf::Payload::Java

modules/payloads/stagers/java/bind_tcp.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 module MetasploitModule
 
-  CachedSize = 5262
+  CachedSize = 5256
 
   include Msf::Payload::Stager
   include Msf::Payload::Java

modules/payloads/stagers/java/reverse_tcp.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 module MetasploitModule
 
-  CachedSize = 5262
+  CachedSize = 5256
 
   include Msf::Payload::Stager
   include Msf::Payload::Java

scripts/resource/meterpreter_compatibility.rc

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ framework.sessions.values.map do |session|
     puts "[#{Time.now}][#{extension_name}] Starting to loading extension"
     session.core.use(extension_name)
     puts "[#{Time.now}][#{extension_name}] Loaded extension"
-  rescue ::RuntimeError
+  rescue ::RuntimeError, ::MetasploitPayloads::Error
     puts "[#{Time.now}][#{extension_name}] Failed loading"
     # noop
   end

test/modules/post/test/extapi.rb

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class MetasploitModule < Msf::Post
       vprint_status("Loading extapi extension...")
       begin
         session.core.use("extapi")
-      rescue Errno::ENOENT, Rex::Post::Meterpreter::ExtensionLoadError
+      rescue Errno::ENOENT, Rex::Post::Meterpreter::ExtensionLoadError, ::MetasploitPayloads::Error
         print_status("This module is only available in a windows meterpreter session.")
         return
       end