Gray Hat C#

11AUTOMATING METASPLOIT

Metasploit is the de facto open source penetration-testing framework. Written in Ruby, Metasploit is both an exploit database and a framework for exploit development and penetration testing. But many of Metasploit’s most powerful features, such as its remote procedure call (RPC) API, are often overlooked.

This chapter introduces you to the Metasploit RPC and shows you how to use it to programmatically drive the Metasploit Framework. You’ll learn how to use the RPC to automate Metasploit to exploit Metasploitable 2, an intentionally vulnerable Linux machine designed for learning how to use Metasploit. Red teams or offensive ...