Metasploit-framework: `show payloads` does not show any payloads

[DragonGame2]

teps to reproduce

How'd you do it?

1. I launch metasploit
2. Select the eternalblue exploit
3. Point to the victim's ip,
4. launch the exploit
5. get an error

Metasploit version

Framework: 5.0.51-dev-
Console: 5.0.51-dev-

I installed Metasploit with:

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-omnibus/master/config/templates/metasploit-framework-wrappers/msfupdate.erb > msfinstall

chmod 755 msfinstall

sudo ./msfinstall

OS

OS Debian arm64 (android + root + linux deploy)
He used to work on this device, now has stopped sharing?

[bcoles]

https://metasploit.help.rapid7.com/docs/working-with-payloads

[DragonGame2]

Is the payloads list empty? How do I download payloads?

[bcoles]

Payloads are included with Metasploit.

https://metasploit.help.rapid7.com/docs/working-with-payloads

[DragonGame2]

[bcoles]

That's unusual...

Do you have a database connected?

[bcoles]

I can't reproduce this, with and without a database connected.

I noticed that your version of Metasploit is a coupe of revisions behind. Are you using Metasploit from an OS package or installer, or from GitHub master branch?

[DragonGame2]

I installed Metasploit using the package:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-omnibus/master/config/templates/metasploit-framework-wrappers/msfupdate.erb > msfinstall

chmod 755 msfinstall

sudo ./msfinstall

And when starting with the database, it gives an error:

[bcoles]

Does show payloads show any payloads for other modules, or is it only the ETERNALBLUE module which fails to show payloads ?

[wvu-r7]

Pinging DB team.

[mkienow-r7]

I've not seen this before, however, the most recent screenshot includes a warning "Unable to load module metadata from disk see error log." Would you please provide relevant stack traces and information from the ~/.msf4/logs/framework.log?

[DragonGame2]

show payloads Does not show payloads in any modules.

framework.zip

[jmartin-r7]

This sounds it is missing the module cache file, a valid install should create this file @ ~/.msf4/store/modules_metadata.json please double check this file exists and has proper read permissions for the user running the console. I suspect the files may have been written by another user and be getting denied access for read.

[DragonGame2]

Metasploit I run from the root. There is a file ~ /.msf4/store/modules_metadata.json, but it weighed 0 bytes. I copied the file from the working Kali Linux and payloads appeared. Thanks for the help!