Metasploit

Metasploit is a toolkit for penetration testing

starting metasploit

sudo msfconsole to start the metasploit console

There are exploits (2376 in v6.3) availiable for exploiting vulnerabilities and payloads (1388) for gaining access.

Core commands

set Sets a context-specific variable to a value setg Sets a global variable to a value

Module commands

search to search for module names and descriptions use interact with a module by name or search term/index info displays information about the modules options displays options for one or more modules

example: search modbus return matching modules for the popular Modbus, with a number in front of the found modules.

with use [number] to use the desired module.