Tool

Metasploit

tool:metasploit Also: Metasploit framework

A penetration-testing and exploitation framework used as a comparison for the capabilities of the implant.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES MS08-067 Explicit 57
outgoing USES reverse shell Explicit 69
outgoing USES SMTP enumeration Explicit 87
outgoing DEVELOPED_BY HD Moore Explicit 114
outgoing USES Samba zero-day exploit Explicit 114
outgoing USES ARP spoofing Explicit 114
outgoing USES Meterpreter Explicit 114
outgoing OPERATED_BY Rapid7 Explicit 114
outgoing ASSOCIATED_WITH Wassenaar Agreement Explicit 114
incoming USES Hacker Giraffe Explicit 31
incoming USES Carbanak Explicit 35
incoming USES Tinker Secor Explicit 36
incoming USES Project Raven Explicit 47
incoming USES Os Explicit 101
incoming USES HD Moore Explicit 114
incoming USES Blaster Explicit 114
incoming ASSOCIATED_WITH SAINTexploit Explicit 114
incoming USES Jason Haddix Explicit 130
incoming USES Chris Rock Explicit 151

Claims

Hacker Giraffe USES Metasploit

Hacker Giraffe says he used Metasploit to hack into teachers’ machines at his school.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Hacker Giraffe EP 31 Details

“The school is running Windows XP. Just fire up good old Metasploit”

Hacker Giraffe · offsets 2304–2371

Carbanak USES Metasploit

After Carbanak signatures became known, the attackers switched to the off-the-shelf tool Metasploit.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 35 Details

“they started using off-the-shelf tools such as Metasploit and Cobalt Strike”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 36337–36412

Tinker Secor USES Metasploit

Tinker used Metasploit to listen for and manage the reverse-shell connection from the compromised finance computer.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 36 Details

“He pulls Metasploit up and waits and watches.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 55311–55356

Project Raven USES Metasploit

Project Raven used or taught the use of Metasploit to gain access to victims' machines.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 47 Details

“use Metasploit to gain access to the victim’s machine”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 17912–17965

Metasploit USES MS08-067

Metasploit includes a pre-programmed MS08-067 exploit that can be run against a vulnerable Windows XP machine.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 57 Details

“You pick the MS08-067 exploit, then point at your Windows XP machine, type run, and boom. You’re in”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 51089–51189

Metasploit USES reverse shell

Jack says a reverse shell can be set up with Metasploit in the described remote-access scenario.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 69 Details

“This is easily set up, too, with a tool called Metasploit. This is just a reverse-shell”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 57235–57323

Metasploit USES SMTP enumeration

Jack explains that Metasploit can perform SMTP enumeration.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 87 Details

“It’s called Metasploit and Metasploit can do a lot of things.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 26670–26731

“one thing it can do is SMTP enumeration”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 26762–26801

Os USES Metasploit

Os used Metasploit to find an accessibility-feature exploit for a Windows 98 system and later to identify an exploit against a Drupal web server.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Os EP 101 Details

“I’m like, alright; Metasploit, what do you have for 1998 Windows systems?”

Os · offsets 40441–40514

“I go through the Metasploit table”

Os · offsets 46979–47012

Metasploit DEVELOPED_BY HD Moore

HD is described as deciding to make Metasploit to organize and share his exploits.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 114 Details

“that’s why HD Moore decided to make Metasploit.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 10950–10997

HD Moore USES Metasploit

HD used Metasploit to conduct penetration tests and test systems.

Explicit Confidence 98% · HD Moore EP 114 Details

“we desperately needed this tool to do our job”

HD Moore · offsets 19427–19472

“HD even tried attacking it with Metasploit”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 23359–23401

Metasploit USES Samba zero-day exploit

HD says he wrote his own version of the Samba zero-day exploit and put it on metasploit.com.

Explicit Confidence 99% · HD Moore EP 114 Details

“we wrote our own version of the exploit, put it on metasploit.com”

HD Moore · offsets 24518–24583

Metasploit USES ARP spoofing

An attacker ARP-spoofed an ISP gateway in an attack connected to the Metasploit website.

Explicit Confidence 91% · HD Moore EP 114 Details

“ARP-spoofed the gateway by hacking the ISP’s infrastructure”

HD Moore · offsets 21606–21665

Blaster USES Metasploit

HD says Windows shellcode first published by Metasploit soon appeared in the Blaster worm.

Explicit Confidence 95% · HD Moore EP 114 Details

“The first Windows shell code ever published by Metasploit ended up in the Blaster worm almost immediately afterwards.”

HD Moore · offsets 57594–57711

Metasploit USES Meterpreter

Meterpreter is presented as a payload integrated into Metasploit.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 114 Details

“At some point, Metasploit got a new feature called Meterpreter.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 48877–48940

Metasploit OPERATED_BY Rapid7

After Rapid7 acquired Metasploit, a Rapid7 team worked on it full time and commercialized a professional version while keeping the framework open source.

Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 97% · HD Moore EP 114 Details

“Even now, there’s a whole team at Rapid7 working on Metasploit full time.”

HD Moore · offsets 70561–70634

Metasploit ASSOCIATED_WITH Wassenaar Agreement

HD says Rapid7 lobbying helped separate Metasploit framework from the Wassenaar Agreement's US interpretation.

Explicit Confidence 94% · HD Moore EP 114 Details

“splitting Metasploit framework from the Wassenaar Agreement”

HD Moore · offsets 72756–72815

SAINTexploit ASSOCIATED_WITH Metasploit

HD describes SAINTexploit as having substantial similarities to Metasploit framework, including shellcode and exploit code.

Explicit Confidence 98% · HD Moore EP 114 Details

“Half this shell code is ours and half these exploits really look really like the code that we wrote.”

HD Moore · offsets 74808–74908

Jason Haddix USES Metasploit

Jason uploaded a payload to a Tomcat server using Metasploit.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 130 Details

“Jason just uploaded a payload using Metasploit to it”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 26719–26771

Chris Rock USES Metasploit

Chris says he used Metasploit in penetration-testing work and used a listener comparable to Metasploit in this operation.

Explicit Confidence 97% · Chris Rock EP 151 Details

“we would use Metasploit as a pen tester”

Chris Rock · offsets 18954–18993

“have a listener like Metasploit, but we would have our own listeners”