Mastering Python for Networking and Security

Introduction to the Metasploit exploit module

The exploits, as explained before in the section "Introducing the Metasploit framework", are codes that allow an attacker to take advantage of a vulnerable system and compromise its security, this can be a vulnerability in the operating system or some software installed in it.

The Metasploit exploit module is the basic module in Metasploit used to encapsulate an exploit for which users can target many platforms with a single exploit. This module comes with simplified meta-information fields.

In the Metasploit Framework, there is a large number of exploits that already come by default and that can be used to carry out the penetration test.

To see Metasploit's exploits, you can use the show exploits ...