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Metasploit 5.0 for Beginners - Second Edition

By : Sagar Rahalkar
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Metasploit 5.0 for Beginners - Second Edition

By: Sagar Rahalkar

Overview of this book

Securing an IT environment can be challenging, however, effective penetration testing and threat identification can make all the difference. This book will help you learn how to use the Metasploit Framework optimally for comprehensive penetration testing. Complete with hands-on tutorials and case studies, this updated second edition will teach you the basics of the Metasploit Framework along with its functionalities. You’ll learn how to set up and configure Metasploit on various platforms to create a virtual test environment. Next, you’ll get hands-on with the essential tools. As you progress, you’ll learn how to find weaknesses in the target system and hunt for vulnerabilities using Metasploit and its supporting tools and components. Later, you'll get to grips with web app security scanning, bypassing anti-virus, and post-compromise methods for clearing traces on the target system. The concluding chapters will take you through real-world case studies and scenarios that will help you apply the knowledge you’ve gained to ethically hack into target systems. You’ll also discover the latest security techniques that can be directly applied to scan, test, ethically hack, and secure networks and systems with Metasploit. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to use the Metasploit 5.0 Framework to exploit real-world vulnerabilities.

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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Conventions used
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Section 1: Introduction and Environment Setup
Section 1: Introduction and Environment Setup
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Metasploit and Supporting Tools
Chapter 1: Introduction to Metasploit and Supporting Tools
Technical requirements
The importance of penetration testing
Understanding the difference between vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
The need for a penetration testing framework
Introduction to Metasploit
Introduction to new features in Metasploit 5.0
When to use Metasploit
Making Metasploit effective and powerful using supplementary tools
Summary
Exercise
Further reading
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Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Environment
Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Environment
Using Metasploit on a Kali Linux virtual machine
Installing Metasploit on Windows
Installing Metasploit on Linux
Setting up Docker
Setting up vulnerable targets in a VM
Summary
Exercises
4
Chapter 3: Metasploit Components and Environment Configuration
Chapter 3: Metasploit Components and Environment Configuration
Technical requirements
Anatomy and structure of Metasploit
Metasploit components and environment configuration
Getting started with msfconsole
Variables in Metasploit
Updating the Metasploit Framework
Summary
Exercise
Further reading
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Section 2: Practical Metasploit
Section 2: Practical Metasploit
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Chapter 4: Information Gathering with Metasploit
Chapter 4: Information Gathering with Metasploit
Technical requirements
Information gathering and enumeration on various protocols
Password sniffing with Metasploit
Advanced search using Shodan
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
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Chapter 5: Vulnerability Hunting with Metasploit
Chapter 5: Vulnerability Hunting with Metasploit
Technical requirements
Managing the database
Vulnerability detection with Metasploit auxiliaries
Auto-exploitation with db_autopwn
Exploring post exploitation
Introduction to msf utilities
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
8
Chapter 6: Client-Side Attacks with Metasploit
Chapter 6: Client-Side Attacks with Metasploit
Understanding the need for client-side attacks
Exploring the msfvenom utility
Using MSFvenom Payload Creator (MSFPC)
Social engineering with Metasploit
Using browser autopwn
Summary
Exercises
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Chapter 7: Web Application Scanning with Metasploit
Chapter 7: Web Application Scanning with Metasploit
Technical requirements
Setting up a vulnerable web application
Web application scanning using WMAP
Metasploit auxiliaries for web application enumeration and scanning
Summary
Exercise
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Chapter 8: Antivirus Evasion and Anti-Forensics
Chapter 8: Antivirus Evasion and Anti-Forensics
Technical requirements
Using encoders to avoid antivirus detection
Using the new evasion module
Using packagers and encrypters
Understanding what a sandbox is
Using Metasploit for anti-forensics
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
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Chapter 9: Cyber Attack Management with Armitage
Chapter 9: Cyber Attack Management with Armitage
Technical requirements
What is Armitage?
Starting the Armitage console
Scanning and enumeration
Finding and launching attacks
Summary
Exercise
Further reading
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Chapter 10: Extending Metasploit and Exploit Development
Chapter 10: Extending Metasploit and Exploit Development
Technical requirements
Understanding exploit development concepts
Understanding exploit templates and mixins
Understanding Metasploit mixins
Adding external exploits to Metasploit
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
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Chapter 11: Case Studies
Chapter 11: Case Studies
Case study 1
Case study 2
Summary
Exercises
Further reading
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Finding and launching attacks

In the previous sections, we added a host to the Armitage console and performed a port scan and enumeration on it using NMAP. Now, we know that it's running a Debian-based Linux system. The next step is to find all the possible attacks matching our target host.

In order to fetch all the applicable attacks, follow these steps:

  1. Select the Attacks menu.
  2. Click on Find Attacks.
  3. Now, the Armitage console will query the backend database for all the possible matching exploits against the open ports that we found during our enumeration earlier, as in the following screenshot:

    Figure 9.7 – Finding attacks in Armitage

  4. Once the Armitage console finishes querying for possible exploits, you can see the list of applicable exploits by right-clicking on the host and selecting the Attack menu. In this case, we'll try to exploit the postgres vulnerability, as in the following screenshot:

    Figure 9.8 – Selecting Attack in the...

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