Approved 2024/08/22 13:06 by psycore (version: 4) | Approver: psycore
Host Discovery with Metasploit database
Prepare database
Create PostgreSQL database and set up a user with access rights for it.
root@kali:~# msfdb init Creating database user 'msf' Enter password for new role: Enter it again: Creating databases 'msf' and 'msf_test' Creating configuration file in /usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml Creating initial database schema
Metasploit: Connect database
msf6 > db_connect user:pass@127.0.0.1/db_name
Check connection
msf6 > db_status [*] Connected to db_name. Connection type: postgresql. Connection name: local_db_service.
Metasploit: Create workspace
msf6 > workspace * default msf6 > workspace -a new_ws [*] Added workspace: new_ws [*] Workspace: new_ws msf6 > workspace default * new_ws
nmap Scan
msf6 > db_nmap -sP 192.168.2.0/24 [*] Nmap: Starting Nmap 7.93 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2022-12-29 21:57 Mitteleurop�ische Zeit [*] Nmap: Nmap scan report for 192.168.2.1 ...
Check hosts
sf6 > hosts Hosts ===== address mac name os_name os_flavor os_sp purpose info comments ------- --- ---- ------- --------- ----- ------- ---- -------- 192.168.2.1 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX 192.168.2.43 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX 192-168-2-43.fritz.box
Prepare and perform port scan
Pass hosts as parameters
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/portscan/tcp msf6 auxiliary(scanner/portscan/tcp) > hosts -R
Start port scan
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/portscan/tcp) > run [+] 192.168.2.1: - 192.168.2.1:21 - TCP OPEN [+] 192.168.2.1: - 192.168.2.1:53 - TCP OPEN [+] 192.168.2.1: - 192.168.2.1:80 - TCP OPEN [+] 192.168.2.1: - 192.168.2.1:443 - TCP OPEN