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Metasploit Bootcamp

By : Nipun Jaswal
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Metasploit Bootcamp

By: Nipun Jaswal

Overview of this book

The book starts with a hands-on Day 1 chapter, covering the basics of the Metasploit framework and preparing the readers for a self-completion exercise at the end of every chapter. The Day 2 chapter dives deep into the use of scanning and fingerprinting services with Metasploit while helping the readers to modify existing modules according to their needs. Following on from the previous chapter, Day 3 will focus on exploiting various types of service and client-side exploitation while Day 4 will focus on post-exploitation, and writing quick scripts that helps with gathering the required information from the exploited systems. The Day 5 chapter presents the reader with the techniques involved in scanning and exploiting various services, such as databases, mobile devices, and VOIP. The Day 6 chapter prepares the reader to speed up and integrate Metasploit with leading industry tools for penetration testing. Finally, Day 7 brings in sophisticated attack vectors and challenges based on the user’s preparation over the past six days and ends with a Metasploit challenge to solve.

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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Title Page
Title Page
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewer
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Customer Feedback
Dedication
Dedication
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with Metasploit
Getting Started with Metasploit
Setting up Kali Linux in a virtual environment
The fundamentals of Metasploit
Benefits of using Metasploit
Penetration testing with Metasploit
Phase-I: footprinting and scanning
Phase-II: gaining access to the target
Phase-III: maintaining access / post-exploitation / covering tracks
Summary and exercises
2
Identifying and Scanning Targets
Identifying and Scanning Targets
Working with FTP servers using Metasploit
Scanning MSSQL servers with Metasploit
Scanning SNMP services with Metasploit
Scanning NetBIOS services with Metasploit
Scanning HTTP services with Metasploit
Scanning HTTPS/SSL with Metasploit
Module building essentials
Disassembling existing HTTP server scanner modules
Summary and exercises
3
Exploitation and Gaining Access
Exploitation and Gaining Access
Setting up the practice environment
Exploiting applications with Metasploit
Exploiting browsers for fun and profit
Attacking Android with Metasploit
Converting exploits to Metasploit
Summary and exercises
4
Post-Exploitation with Metasploit
Post-Exploitation with Metasploit
Extended post-exploitation with Metasploit
Metasploit and privilege escalation
Gaining persistent access with Metasploit
Summary
5
Testing Services with Metasploit
Testing Services with Metasploit
Testing MySQL with Metasploit
The fundamentals of SCADA
Testing Voice over Internet Protocol services
Summary and exercises
6
Fast-Paced Exploitation with Metasploit
Fast-Paced Exploitation with Metasploit
Using pushm and popm commands
Making use of resource scripts
Using AutoRunScript in Metasploit
Global variables in Metasploit
Wrapping up and generating manual reports
Summary and preparation for real-world scenarios
7
Exploiting Real-World Challenges with Metasploit
Exploiting Real-World Challenges with Metasploit
Scenario 1: Mirror environment
Scenario 2: You can't see my meterpreter
Further roadmap and summary

Scanning HTTPS/SSL with Metasploit

Metasploit contains the SSL scanner module that can uncover a variety of information related to the SSL service on a target. Let us quickly set up and run the module as follows:

We have the SSL module from auxiliary/scanner/http, as shown in the preceding screenshot. We can now set the RHOSTS, a number of threads to run, and RPORT if it is not 443, and execute the module as follows:

Analyzing the preceding output, we can see that we have a self-signed certificate in place on the IP address 192.168.1.8 and other details such as CA authority, e-mail address, and much more. This information becomes vital to law enforcement agencies and in cases of fraud investigation. There have been many cases where the CA has accidentally signed malware spreading sites for SSL services.

We learned about various Metasploit modules. Let us now delve deeper and look at how the modules are built.

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