Metasploit options, shells, and payloads

Metasploit has a number of options, shells, and payloads that are used when you select various exploits.

Covering all possible options within all exploits is not in the scope of this book, but I will explain how to find the options and discuss the most common options that are used. It's important to understand the various shells and payload options that exist.

Options

Different modules within the Metasploit Framework make use of different options. For example, a login scanner module would contain options such as userpass_file, pass_file, and user_file. In the following screenshot, you will notice the options for the auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login module:

Figure 23: SSH login...