Technical requirements
In this chapter, we made use of the following software and operating systems:
- For virtualization: VMware Workstation 12 Player for virtualization (any version can be used)
- For penetration testing: Ubuntu 18.03 LTS Desktop as a pentester's workstation VM with the IP
192.168.232.145
. - You can download Ubuntu from https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop.
Metasploit 5.0.43 (https://www.metasploit.com/download)
Ruby on Ubuntu (
apt install ruby
) - Target System 1 (PCMan FTP):
Microsoft Windows XP with 1 GB of RAM
PCMan FTP Server 2.0.7 from https://www.exploit-db.com/apps/9fceb6fefd0f3ca1a8c36e97b6cc925d-PCMan.7z
- Target System 2:
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64-bit with 2 GB of RAM
XAMPP 3.2.4 running on port
80
PHP Utility Belt in the
/php-utility-belt
directory in the document root (htdocs) of XAMPP from https://www.exploit-db.com/apps/222c6e2ed4c86f0646016e43d1947a1f-php-utility-belt-master.zip - Target System 3:
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Basic 32...