"Don't be afraid to steal, just steal the right stuff" - Mike Monteiro
This chapter will feature extended features and hardcore post exploitation. Throughout this chapter, we will focus on out-of-the-box approaches for post exploitation and will cover tedious tasks such as privilege escalation, getting passwords in clear text, finding juicy information, and much more.
During the course of this chapter, we will cover and understand the following key aspects:
Performing basic post exploitation
Using advanced post exploitation modules
Carrying out operations covertly
Privilege escalation
Finding passwords from the memory
Let's now jump into the post exploitation features of Metasploit and start with the basics in the next section.