Tag Archives: Metasploit

Metasploit framework docker image now published on Docker Hub

I pushed the image on Docker Hub, so that deploying it is now as easy as:

docker pull phocean/msf

It is an automatic build based on the Github repository.

It means that the image is built by Docker, not by me. For this task, they simply have a read access to the Dockerfile on Github.

Thus, you may place in this image the same level of trust than the one you have in Docker (I cannot interfere in the process and mess with the image).

I say it because I am myself reluctant of installing third-party images. While I prefer to rebuild everything from Dockerfiles, I am fine with automatically built images if I am in a hurry and for non sensitive data.

Msf docker image now in REMnux!

Just a quick note to say that I am very happy about this Metasploit docker image being useful to some people, according to the feedback I got.

And Lenny was kind enough to integrate it into his Linux distro, REMnux, well known among reversing people. He also came up with very good suggestions and helped me to bring some improvements, so many thanks to him.

Don’t miss reading his blog article on how to use the image in REMnux : “Run Metasploit Framework as a Docker Container Without Installation Pains”.
Stay tuned ;-)

Small improvements to the Metasploit-framework Dockerfile

I made a few improvements (at least, I think they are) to the metasploit-frameword Dockerfile :

  • A volume from the container /root/.msf4 to $HOME/.msf4, so that you can benefit from your customized prompt, scripts and modules anytime and have persistence on them. In other words, just manage them on your host and they will be readily available to the msf container.
  • A volume from the container /tmp/data to the host /tmp/msf, so that you can get access to dump files and stuff like that.
  • Tmux window manager tool, so that you can easily navigate between msfconsole, bash and other sessions.
  • nmap network scanner, just because sometimes it may be useful (along with its ncat).
  • nasm, to support your custom encoders.

It is all up-to-date in its github repo. I will keep adjusting it, if I feel something is missing.

I hope I did it the right way, let me know what you think!

Metasploit Dockerfile

Hey,

Managing updates and dependencies of a Metasploit installation have definitely been too much trouble and repetitive.

Instead of keeping reproducing boring installation steps every x months, I decided to build a Dockerfile for once.

I chose Debian for its good compromise between features, stability and lightness. I am aware of the Kali Dockerfile, that I could have used as a base. But:

  •  It is a definitely over-killing image (more than 1 GB) and, at this cost, it does not come with a fully-featured Metasploit (no database connection, for instance).
  • I like keeping minimal and controlled stuff. In other words, I like doing things on my own.

So, this Debian-based Metasploit container comes with:

  • all dependencies installed,
  • automatic updates at startup,
  • a connection with the local Postgres database,
  • an improved prompt with timestamping and sessions/jobs status.

You can find it on my github.

If you have any trouble or suggestion on how to improve it, please let me know. Enjoy it and go ahead if you want to fork it!

Docker running msf

Installation of Metasploit on Fedora 21 / 22

Update 2015/08/04: Works on Fedora 22 too. I recently applied the exact same procedure with success.

A quick update from a previous post for setting Metasploit on Fedora 21, the latest version.

It is mainly a copy and paste, except for a few typo fixes and some changes on the Ruby part. The good news is that Metasploit was recently ported to Ruby 2.x, so we don’t need anymore the rvm stuff anymore, which makes the process much simpler.

Preparing Postgresql

Install:

 yum -y install postgresql-server postgresql-devel

Initiate a new “cluster” and connect to the sql client through the postgres user:

# as root:
postgresql-setup initdb
systemctl start postgresql.service
su postgres
psql

Inside the psql console, create the new Metasploit user and its database:

create user msf;
alter user msf with encrypted password 'super password';
create database msfdb;
grant all privileges on database msfdb to msf;
\q

Then, we will tell to Postgres how to accept local connections. ident necessitates an system account, trust means no password for any local account and md5 stands for a classic password authentication, which we will prefer.
Back to a root terminal, add this line inside /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf and beware that the order is important:

# IPv4 local connections:
host msfdb msf 127.0.0.1/32 md5
host all all 127.0.0.1/32 ident

Then we can restart the service and check with psql that the credentials are working:

systemctl restart postgresql.service
psql -U msf msfdb -h localhost
\q

Setting Ruby

Metasploit runs well with Ruby 1.9.3, so we will install this version and switch to it using rbenv.
rbenv does a nice job at managing several version of ruby next to each other, installing dependancies (as OpenSSL) and setting PATH:

# as root:
yum install ruby rubygems ruby-devel rubygem-bundler

Getting and running Metasploit

Install:

# as root in e.g. /opt
git clone https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework.git msf
cd msf
yum -y install libpcap-devel sqlite-devel
./msfupdate

The installation of ruby modules will take a while. Then, configure the database by creating config/database.yml:

production:
    adapter: postgresql
    database: msfdb
    username: msf
    password: 
    host: 127.0.0.1
    port: 5432
    pool: 75
    timeout: 5

Launch it and have fun :

# as root
./msfconsole
# check connection to the database
db_status

You may want to add a cron entry in /etc/crontab to get regular updates (though it may break from time to time due to broken dependencies, so you are advised to check it sometimes):

# msfupdate every 2 hours
0 */2 * * * root /opt/msf/msfupdate 2>&1