So you got a connection from reverse shell and want to upgrade it to a fully interactive TTY? Below you will find a set of commands that you can use to spawn interactive terminal from “dumb” shell to have all features of interactive terminal: tab-completion, access to history with arrow keys, job control, STDERR, ability to use programs like vim, su, login, ssh, etc. The topic isn’t new - it is described multiple times on the internet, however - in this post, I will show you my approach and how to resolve some issues you might encounter.

Often after gaining remote code execution, we want to get some interactive access - instead of issuing a single command or interacting with the web shell. Options are limited to the software installed on the target system unless you can upload your binary. This post contains a collection of reverse shells using different programs, scripting, or programming languages gathered over time. It might be helpful during penetration tests, CTFs, or courses like OSCP.