# JohnHammond/msdt-follina

Codebase to generate an msdt-follina payload

Repository: https://github.com/JohnHammond/msdt-follina
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/msdt-follina
Language: Python
License Family: other
Last push: 2022-06-08T15:47:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1556, "days_push": 1547, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1630, forks 370 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:13.936869+00:00)

## What it is
A Python CLI tool that generates malicious Microsoft Word documents exploiting the MS-MSDT 'Follina' vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190) and stages payloads via a built-in HTTP server. It is intended for security research and penetration testing demonstrations.

## Use cases
- generate a follina maldoc for penetration testing
- demonstrate the msdt follina vulnerability
- test antivirus detection of malicious word documents
- stage a payload over http for a red team exercise
- pop calc or a reverse shell on a target windows machine in a lab

## When to choose
- you are a security researcher or pentester reproducing CVE-2022-30190
- you need a quick proof-of-concept maldoc generator for authorized testing
- you want a simple self-contained Python script with an integrated payload server

## When to avoid
- you need a production-grade or stealthy red team toolkit
- you lack explicit authorization to test target systems
- you need maintained tooling - the project has no license and appears dormant since 2022

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, penetration-testing, cli
- domain: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: follina, msdt, exploit, maldoc, red-team, vulnerability, cve-2022-30190, linux

## Member repositories
- JohnHammond/msdt-follina (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:13.936869+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:47:51.935721+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/JohnHammond/msdt-follina (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:13.936869+00:00, sha 825a1c3838d5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.