Metasploitable 3 Windows Walkthrough 🎯 💎

You’ll need VirtualBox, Vagrant, and the vagrant-vbguest plugin. Build the VM:

This walkthrough covers the setup and several key exploitation paths to help you sharpen your Red Team skills. 1. Lab Setup

You should receive a Meterpreter session running as the user under which ElasticSearch is installed. 4. Exploitation Path B: ManageEngine Desktop Central

mkdir metasploitable3 && cd metasploitable3 vagrant init rapid7/metasploitable3-win2k8 vagrant up Use code with caution.

The sa account often has a weak password. Use exploit/windows/mssql/mssql_payload once you have credentials to gain a shell. 6. Post-Exploitation & Privilege Escalation

This often grants SYSTEM level access immediately, as the service runs with high privileges. 5. Exploitation Path C: Weak Credentials (SMB/MSSQL)

ElasticSearch on Metasploitable 3 is often an older version vulnerable to . This allows for dynamic script execution.

Before hacking, you need to build the environment. Metasploitable 3 is unique because it is built automatically using Vagrant and Packer.

If you are an admin but not SYSTEM, use the incognito module in Meterpreter: