Gray Hat Hacking, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

Exploiting Client-Side Vulnerabilities with Metasploit

Thankfully, the unpatched Windows XP SP1 workstation in the preceding example with no firewall protection on the local subnet, does not happen as much in the real world. Interesting targets are usually protected with a perimeter or host-based firewall. As always, however, hackers adapt to these changing conditions with new types of attacks. Chapter 16 will go into detail about the rise of client-side vulnerabilities and will introduce tools to help you find them. As a quick preview, client-side vulnerabilities are vulnerabilities in client software such as web browsers, e-mail applications, and media players. The idea is to lure a victim to a malicious website or to trick him into opening ...