Penetration testing on the Windows 2003 Server

In the previous recipe, we analyzed how to use the dcom exploit to cause a buffer overflow and exploit our Windows target. In this recipe, we will focus on a similar but logically different environment. The Windows 2003 Server is one of the most widely used enterprise-based operating systems of Microsoft. In this recipe, we will see how we can exploit a Windows 2003 Server. The updated versions of the Windows 2003 Server are patched so the dcom vulnerability doesn't work in it. So we will try different vulnerability in this recipe. We will be using the netapi32.dll vulnerability. First, we will analyze the exploitation process and then analyze the cause of this vulnerability. So let us start our penetration testing.

Getting ready

To start with, let us launch msfconsole and perform a quick scan of the target. It is always recommended that you should follow all the steps in a sequential order to make sure it strengthens the basics. The next step...