meterpreter commands

1. What are some of the commands that can be used within Meterpreter?
2. What does Meterpreter command ps do?
3. Do hackers use Metasploit?
4. What is Meterpreter in Kali?
5. Why Meterpreter session dies?
6. What is Hashdump?
7. What is Msfvenom?
8. What is the command for starting the database used by Metasploit?
9. What is Lhost?
10. Is metasploit good or bad?
11. What is better than Metasploit?
12. Why do people use Metasploit?

What are some of the commands that can be used within Meterpreter?

Base Commands:

• ? / ...
• exit / quit: Exit the Meterpreter session.
• sysinfo: Show the system name and OS type.
• shutdown / reboot: Self-explanatory.
• cd: Change directory.
• lcd: Change directory on local (attacker's) machine.
• pwd / getwd: Display current working directory.
• ls: Show the contents of the directory.

What does Meterpreter command ps do?

The ps command displays a list of running processes on the target.

Do hackers use Metasploit?

Do hackers use Metasploit? Hackers who conduct their penetration testing under legal terms can use Metasploit. Metasploit is fundamentally a white-hat hacking tool which can be used for vulnerability assessment and for defending an organization's network.

What is Meterpreter in Kali?

Meterpreter is an advanced, dynamically extensible payload that uses in-memory DLL injection stagers and is extended over the network at runtime. It communicates over the stager socket and provides a comprehensive client-side Ruby API. It features command history, tab completion, channels, and more.

Why Meterpreter session dies?

A common reason why your meterpreter session might be dying is that you have generated payload using one version of Metasploit (e.g. v5), while you are using another major version of Metasploit (e.g. v6) for receiving the meterpreter connection.

What is Hashdump?

The "hashdump" command is an in-memory version of the pwdump tool, but instead of loading a DLL into LSASS.exe, it allocates memory inside the process, injects raw assembly code, executes its via CreateRemoteThread, and then reads the captured hashes back out of memory.

What is Msfvenom?

Msfvenom is a command line instance of Metasploit that is used to generate and output all of the various types of shell code that are available in Metasploit.

What is the command for starting the database used by Metasploit?

The service postgresql start command initializes the PostgreSQLdatabase service and the msfdbinit command initializes and creates the PostgreSQL database for Metasploit.

What is Lhost?

LHOST is simple Metasploit's way of saying "My localhost as it will be visible by the target of the attack". This may be different whether you and your target are on the same private net (will be a local net address) or are connecting through the internet (will be a public IP)

Is metasploit good or bad?

Andrew Mason of RandomStorm adds, “In my opinion Metasploit is a good thing for security. It provides a great way of testing and proving exploits against vulnerabilities. This gives real strength to arguments that would just be information-based without the ability to prove them.

What is better than Metasploit?

We have compiled a list of solutions that reviewers voted as the best overall alternatives and competitors to Metasploit, including Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner, Netsparker, SQLmap, and Veracode Application Security Platform. ...

Why do people use Metasploit?

The Metasploit framework is a very powerful tool which can be used by cybercriminals as well as ethical hackers to probe systematic vulnerabilities on networks and servers. Because it's an open-source framework, it can be easily customized and used with most operating systems.