Metasploit

The Power of Code Reuse

This process of leveraging existing code, tweaking it, and adding in some original code is one of the most powerful things we can do with Metasploit. You have no reason to start from scratch in most situations after you have a feel for the Framework and you take a look at how existing code works. Because this module was essentially built for you, you can get more practice by going through other Metasploit modules and seeing what they are doing and how they work. You’ll start to learn the basics of buffer overflows and how they are created. Notice how the code is structured and how it works, and then create your own exploits from scratch. If you’re not familiar with the Ruby programming language or if this chapter was a ...