Hands-On Web Penetration Testing with Metasploit

Variable manipulation in MSF

Variable manipulation in Metasploit Framework can help users utilize the features of the modules to their full extent. As pen testers, sometimes, we need to scan a lot of targets and in almost all our testing scenarios, we have to set the options required by the Metasploit module. These options, such as the remote host IP/port, and the local host IP/port are set for the specific Metasploit module in use. The sooner we learn about variable manipulation, the more efficiently we'll be able to use the module.

Variable manipulation can be achieved using datastores. A datastore is a type of variable that has the following functionalities:

• Stores data in key/value pairs
• Enables the MSF console to configure settings ...