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Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook Over 80 recipes on how to identify, exploit, and test web application security with Kali Linux 2

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781784392918
Length 296 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up Kali Linux FREE CHAPTER 2. Reconnaissance 3. Crawlers and Spiders 4. Finding Vulnerabilities 5. Automated Scanners 6. Exploitation – Low Hanging Fruits 7. Advanced Exploitation 8. Man in the Middle Attacks 9. Client-Side Attacks and Social Engineering 10. Mitigation of OWASP Top 10 Index

Searching Exploit-DB for a web server's vulnerabilities


From time to time we find a server with vulnerabilities in its operating system, in a library the web application uses, in an active service or there may be another security issue which is not exploitable from the browser or the web proxy. In these cases, we could use Metasploit's exploit collection or, if what we need is not in Metasploit, we could search for it in Exploit-DB.

Kali Linux includes a copy of the exploits contained in Exploit-DB for offline use; in this recipe, we will use the commands Kali includes to explore the database and find the exploit we need.

How to do it...

  1. Open a terminal.

  2. Type the following command:

    searchsploit heartbleed
    
  3. The next step is to copy the exploit to a place where we can modify it, if necessary, and then compile it, as demonstrated:

    mkdir heartbleed
    cd heartbleed
    cp /usr/share/exploitdb/platforms/multiple/remote/32998.c .
    
  4. Usually, the exploits have some information about themselves and how to use them...

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