Metasploitable 3 Windows Walkthrough

Metasploitable 3 (Windows target)

Here’s a structured walkthrough for . This assumes you have the VM set up (built via Packer/Vagrant) and running on a host-only network with Kali Linux as the attacker machine.

Part 2: Reconnaissance – Finding the Weak Spots

• Host Machine: 16GB+ RAM (8GB minimum, but will be slow).
• Virtualization: VirtualBox or VMware Workstation.
• Attack Machine: Kali Linux (Pre-built VM).
• Target Machine: Metasploitable 3 (Windows).

Installation Steps (The Quick Version)

This walkthrough outlines the standard methodology for compromising the Windows instance of Metasploitable 3, moving from initial scanning to full system access. 1. Information Gathering & Enumeration metasploitable 3 windows walkthrough

PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION 80/tcp open http Apache Tomcat 6.0.20 135/tcp open msrpc Windows RPC 139/tcp open netbios-ssn Samba smbd 3.X 445/tcp open microsoft-ds Windows 2008 R2 5985/tcp open http Microsoft HTTPAPI httpd 2.0 (WinRM) 3306/tcp open mysql MySQL 5.1.66 3389/tcp open tcpwrapped RDP 47001/tcp open http Microsoft HTTPAPI 8182/tcp open unknown Host Machine: 16GB+ RAM (8GB minimum, but will be slow)