EXPLOITING VULNERABILITIES

LEARNING :

It is always important to update the software we are using, since every update of a software may not have major changes but have some minor patches which may fix these vulnerabilities and reduce the cyber risk.

As a system admin it is always recommended to harden operating system as per the standard operating architecture.

example of IRCD  running on unix machine with out a proper patch can give a back door to hacker. 

following lab simulates how a vulnerability in unrealIRCD can be exploited by an attacker.

steps involved::

step one:::

                  - using metasploit framework

-search unrealircd (to check if any exploit is present)                     

step 2::

                  -use the exploit

                 

                   - set rhost (remote/target host ip )

                    

  step 3:

             -look for the available payloads and select one.

                    

                     -here i wanted reverse shell and hence selected that payload

                     -set lhost (local host )

                        

step 4:

       Now run the exploit!!

             you will get the shell access.