Interacting with the Metasploit framework

In this section, we will review msfconsole for interacting with the Metasploit framework, showing the main commands for obtaining exploits and payload modules.

Introduction to msfconsole

Msfconsole is the tool we can use to interact with modules and execute exploits. This tool is installed by default in the Kali linux distribution:

Introduction to the Metasploit exploit module

The exploits, as explained before in the section "Introducing the Metasploit framework", are codes that allow an attacker to take advantage of...