Advanced Infrastructure Penetration Testing

Starting Metasploit

To start Metasploit, you need to open the shell and type msfconsole. The following screenshot represents the console mode (msfconsole) of Metasploit. As discussed, Metasploit has other interfaces, such as msfcli (it's like msfconsole, but not interactive), msfgui (the graphic version), and armitage (a powerful GUI interface).

The following screenshot is of msfcli:

Metasploit commands are:

• help: Gives information about how to use a feature
• show payloads: Lists available payloads
• show exploits: Lists available exploits
• show options: Lists the required options
• msfupdate: Updates Metasploit
• use: Uses a module
• search: A search ...