Metasploitable 2 distcc_exec Exploit completed, but no session was created

[Noromyxo]

I'm using MSF6 in Kali running in a VirtualBox VM.

I'm going through the Rapid7 documentation for Metasploitable 2 for distcc_exec. 

I can find the distcc_exec exploit just fine. I can also set the RHOST option just fine.

However, when I type in exploit, I get this error:

Exploit completed, but no session was creaed.

Any ideas?

[Andy189]

I got the same error.

This seems to be a problem on the Metasploitable host. The bash does not support redirections via TCP (/dev/tcp/x.x.x.x/xxxx)

In msf6 it seems to use a new mechanism ignoring that some host will not support 😞 it.

Try to use another payload with

msf6 exploit(unix/misc/distcc_exec) > set PAYLOAD cmd/unix/reverse_perl

This works because Perl is available in Metasploitable.

[Andy189]

msf6 exploit(unix/misc/distcc_exec) > set PAYLOAD cmd/unix/reverse

Will also work. This seems to be the old default payload from msf5.