Download Instan Short Fast Focused Metasploit Starter By Karthik Ranganath

Sinopsis

This section outlines the need for a framework such as Metasploit in a penetration tester's arsenal. But before we dive into the framework, let's understand how the framework has evolved. The following are some basic concepts that will be frequently used in this book:

• Vulnerability: In simple terms, vulnerability is a loophole in the system. It acts as a channel for an attacker to penetrate the system, which in other words is called exploitation.
• Exploit: I would recursively define this term as any working piece of code that is used to exploit a vulnerable system.
• Payload: An attacker exploits a system with a purpose. So, after a successful exploit whatever he/she intends to do with the system stands for payload. In other words, the payload is any working piece of code bundled with an exploit to aid the attacker in the post-exploitation phase.

I have defined these terms right at the beginning because these terms will be used very often throughout this book.

In the IT industry, we have various flavors of operating systems ranging from Mac, Windows, *nix platforms, and other server operating systems, which run an n number of services depending on the needs of the organization. When given a task to assess the risk factor of any organization, it becomes very tedious to run single code snippets against these systems. What if, due to some hardware failure, all these code snippets are lost? Enter Metasploit.

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