To get the most out of this book

To perform the various recipes mentioned in this book, you will need the following:

• A Kali Linux machine
• A Metasploitable 2 vulnerable machine
• A Metasploitable 3 vulnerable machine
• A Windows 7 x86 client machine
• A Windows 10 client machine
• An Android OS device or a virtual machine
• Most of the software mentioned in the book can be found in Kali Linux or is available for download at the links mentioned in the book

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/MetasploitPenetrationTestingCookbookThirdEdition_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Mount the downloaded WebStorm-10*.dmg disk image file as another disk in your system."

A block of code is set as follows:

class MetasploitModule < Msf::Post
  include Msf::Post::Windows::WMIC

  def initialize(info={})
    super( update_info( info,
      'Name' => 'Windows Gather Run Specified WMIC Command',

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

root@kali:~# passwd 

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "In VMware Fusion, go to Preferences, select the Network tab, and create a custom network."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.