NetExec SMB Brute Force

SMB password brute force attack

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

Tool: nxc
Category: Authentication / Brute Force & Spraying
Platform: linux
Requires: no credentials
Protocols: SMB

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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 smb <ip> -u <user> -p <wordlist> --ignore-pw-decoding

Examples

nxc smb 192.168.1.100 -u administrator -p /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt --ignore-pw-decoding

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