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Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows

By : Phil Bramwell
Book Image

Hands-On Penetration Testing on Windows

By: Phil Bramwell

Overview of this book

Windows has always been the go-to platform for users around the globe to perform administration and ad hoc tasks, in settings that range from small offices to global enterprises, and this massive footprint makes securing Windows a unique challenge. This book will enable you to distinguish yourself to your clients. In this book, you'll learn advanced techniques to attack Windows environments from the indispensable toolkit that is Kali Linux. We'll work through core network hacking concepts and advanced Windows exploitation techniques, such as stack and heap overflows, precision heap spraying, and kernel exploitation, using coding principles that allow you to leverage powerful Python scripts and shellcode. We'll wrap up with post-exploitation strategies that enable you to go deeper and keep your access. Finally, we'll introduce kernel hacking fundamentals and fuzzing testing, so you can discover vulnerabilities and write custom exploits. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed in identifying vulnerabilities within the Windows OS and developing the desired solutions for them.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Capturing Windows passwords on the network


In the Kali Linux world, there is more than one way to set up an SMB listener, but now's a good time to bring out the framework that needs no introduction: Metasploit. The Metasploit Framework will play a major role in attacks throughout the book, but here we'll simply set up a quick and easy way for any Windows box on the network to attempt a file- sharing connection.  

We start up the Metasploit console with:

# msfconsole

The Metasploit Framework comes with auxiliary modules – they aren't exploiters with payloads designed to get you shell, but they are wonderful sidekicks on a pen test as they can perform things such as fuzzing or, in our case here, server authentication captures. You can take the output from here and pass it right along to a cracker or to an exploit module to progress in your attack. To get a feel for the auxiliary modules available to you, you can type this command in the MSF prompt:

show auxiliary

We'll be using the SMB capture...