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Mastering Metasploit

You're reading from   Mastering Metasploit Exploit systems, cover your tracks, and bypass security controls with the Metasploit 5.0 framework

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838980078
Length 502 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Nipun Jaswal Nipun Jaswal
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1 – Preparation and Development
2. Chapter 1: Approaching a Penetration Test Using Metasploit FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Reinventing Metasploit 4. Chapter 3: The Exploit Formulation Process 5. Chapter 4: Porting Exploits 6. Section 2 – The Attack Phase
7. Chapter 5: Testing Services with Metasploit 8. Chapter 6: Virtual Test Grounds and Staging 9. Chapter 7: Client-Side Exploitation 10. Section 3 – Post-Exploitation and Evasion
11. Chapter 8: Metasploit Extended 12. Chapter 9: Evasion with Metasploit 13. Chapter 10: Metasploit for Secret Agents 14. Chapter 11: Visualizing Metasploit 15. Chapter 12: Tips and Tricks 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exploiting browsers for fun and profit

Web browsers are used primarily for surfing the web. However, an outdated web browser can lead to the entire system being compromised. Clients may never use the preinstalled web browsers and might instead choose one based on their preferences. However, the default preinstalled web browser can still lead to various attacks on the system. Exploiting a browser by finding vulnerabilities in the browser components is known as browser-based exploitation.

The browser Autopwn attack

Metasploit offers browser Autopwn, which is a collection of various attack modules that aim to exploit the target's browser by triggering the relevant vulnerabilities. To understand the inner workings of this module, let's discuss the technology behind the attack.

The technology behind the browser Autopwn attack

The Autopwn attack refers to the automatic exploitation of the target. The Autopwn module sets up most of the browser-based exploits in listening...

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