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Mastering Metasploit
Mastering Metasploit

Mastering Metasploit: Take your penetration testing and IT security skills to a whole new level with the secrets of Metasploit , Third Edition

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Mastering Metasploit

Reinventing Metasploit

We have covered the basics of Metasploit, so now we can move further into the underlying coding part of the Metasploit framework. We will start with the basics of Ruby programming to understand various syntaxes and its semantics. This chapter will make it easy for you to write Metasploit modules. In this chapter, we will see how we can design and fabricate various Metasploit modules with the functionality of our choice. We will also look at how we can create custom post-exploitation modules, which will help us gain better control of the exploited machine.

Consider a scenario where the number of systems under the scope of the penetration test is massive, and we crave a post-exploitation feature such as downloading a particular file from all the exploited systems. Manually, downloading a specific file from each system is not only time-consuming, but inefficient...

Ruby - the heart of Metasploit

Ruby is indeed the heart of the Metasploit framework. However, what exactly is Ruby? According to the official website, Ruby is a simple and powerful programming language and was designed by Yokihiru Matsumoto in 1995. It is further defined as a dynamic, reflective, and general-purpose object-oriented programming language with functions similar to Perl.

You can download Ruby for Windows/Linux from: https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/.

You can refer to an excellent resource for learning Ruby practically at: http://tryruby.org/levels/1/challenges/0.

Creating your first Ruby program

Ruby is an easy-to-learn programming language. Now, let's start with the basics of Ruby. Remember that Ruby...

Developing custom modules

Let's dig deeper into the process of writing a module. Metasploit has various modules such as payloads, encoders, exploits, NOP generators, and auxiliaries. In this section, we will cover the essentials of developing a module; then, we will look at how we can create our custom modules.

We will discuss the development of auxiliary and post-exploitation modules. Additionally, we will cover core exploit modules in the next chapter. But, for this chapter, let's examine the essentials of module building in detail.

Building a module in a nutshell

Before diving deep into building modules, let's understand how the components are arranged in the Metasploit framework, and what they do.

...

Breakthrough Meterpreter scripting

The Meterpreter shell is the most desired type of access an attacker would like to have on the target. Meterpreter gives the attacker a broad set of tools to perform a variety of tasks on the compromised system. Meterpreter has many built-in scripts, which makes it easier for an attacker to attack the system. These scripts perform tedious and straightforward tasks on the compromised system. In this section, we will look at those scripts, what they are made of, and how we can leverage them in Meterpreter.

Essentials of Meterpreter scripting

...

Working with RailGun

RailGun sounds like a top-notch gun spitting out bullets faster than light; however, this is not the case. RailGun allows you to make calls to a Windows API without the need to compile your own DLL.

It supports numerous Windows DLL files and eases the way for us to perform system-level tasks on the victim machine. Let's see how we can perform various tasks using RailGun, and carry out some advanced post-exploitation with it.

Interactive Ruby shell basics

RailGun requires the irb shell to be loaded into Meterpreter. Let's look at how we can jump to the irb shell from Meterpreter:

We can see in the preceding screenshot that merely typing in irb from Meterpreter allows us to drop in the Ruby-interactive...

Summary and exercises

In this chapter, we covered coding for Metasploit. We worked on modules, post-exploitation scripts, Meterpreter, RailGun, and Ruby programming too. Throughout this chapter, we saw how we could add our custom functions to the Metasploit framework, and make the already powerful framework much more powerful. We began with familiarizing ourselves with the basics of Ruby. We learned about writing auxiliary modules, post-exploitation scripts, and Meterpreter extensions. We saw how we could make use of RailGun to add custom functions, such as adding a DLL file and a custom function to the target's DLL files.

For additional learning, you can try the following exercises:

  • Create an authentication brute force module for FTP
  • Work on at least three post-exploitation modules each for windows, Linux, and macOS, which are not yet a part of Metasploit
  • Work on RailGun...
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Key benefits

  • •Gain the skills to carry out penetration testing in complex and highly-secured environments
  • •Become a master using the Metasploit framework, develop exploits, and generate modules for a variety of real-world scenarios
  • •Get this completely updated edition with new useful methods and techniques to make your network robust and resilient

Description

We start by reminding you about the basic functionalities of Metasploit and its use in the most traditional ways. You’ll get to know about the basics of programming Metasploit modules as a refresher and then dive into carrying out exploitation as well building and porting exploits of various kinds in Metasploit. In the next section, you’ll develop the ability to perform testing on various services such as databases, Cloud environment, IoT, mobile, tablets, and similar more services. After this training, we jump into real-world sophisticated scenarios where performing penetration tests are a challenge. With real-life case studies, we take you on a journey through client-side attacks using Metasploit and various scripts built on the Metasploit framework. By the end of the book, you will be trained specifically on time-saving techniques using Metasploit.

Who is this book for?

This book is a hands-on guide to penetration testing using Metasploit and covers its complete development. It shows a number of techniques and methodologies that will help you master the Metasploit framework and explore approaches to carrying out advanced penetration testing in highly secured environments.

What you will learn

  • •Develop advanced and sophisticated auxiliary modules
  • •Port exploits from PERL, Python, and many more programming languages
  • •Test services such as databases, SCADA, and many more
  • •Attack the client side with highly advanced techniques
  • •Test mobile and tablet devices with Metasploit
  • •Bypass modern protections such as an AntiVirus and IDS with Metasploit
  • •Simulate attacks on web servers and systems with Armitage GUI
  • •Script attacks in Armitage using CORTANA scripting

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Table of Contents

13 Chapters
Approaching a Penetration Test Using Metasploit Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Reinventing Metasploit Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
The Exploit Formulation Process Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Porting Exploits Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Testing Services with Metasploit Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Virtual Test Grounds and Staging Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Client-Side Exploitation Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Metasploit Extended Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Evasion with Metasploit Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Metasploit for Secret Agents Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Visualizing with Armitage Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Tips and Tricks Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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