Last updated at Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:41:08 GMT
There are a wide variety of interesting and useful tools in the Metasploit Framework. Many of these are available from the top-level of Metasploit in the form of modules and library code. You can find countless tutorials and blogs about how to put msfconsole, msfvenom and other top-level commands to good use. However, not many people know about the 'tools' directory, which contains many useful, single-purpose scripts, with topics spanning from exploit development to statistics.
One of the problems with the tools directory is that it was not very well organized. Like a messy toolbox, it had grown organically over the years, making it difficult to find things. To correct this, we have reorganized the tools directory by category, making tools easier to discover and encouraging their use. The new categories are:
- dev: tools for managing developer tasks
- exploit: tools for developing exploits
- modules: tools for gathering project statistics, checking code quality, and checking payloads
- password: tools for extracting and cracking passwords
- recon: tools for collecting target data
In the process, we found a few tools that may have outlived their usefulness. While we have not deleted anything yet, we may remove some obscure or unused tools in the future. Until then, please take a moment to check out the new cleaned-up tools directory and find something new! While you're there, be sure to check out our latest tool addition, MSU Finder.