Metasploitable2 | Downloading and Setting Up Metasploitable2 | Metasploitable 2 Exploitability LAB


A test environment provides a secure place to perform penetration testing and security research. For your test environment, you need a Metasploit instance that can access a vulnerable target. The following sections describe the requirements and instructions for setting up a vulnerable target.



Metasploitable 2 is available at: 

https://information.rapid7.com/metasploitable-download.html
https://sourceforge.net/projects/metasploitable/



The compressed file is about 800 MB and can take up to 30 minutes to download. After you have downloaded the Metasploitable 2 file, you will need to unzip the file to see its contents.



The login for Metasploitable 2 is msfadmin:msfadmin. 



msfadmin@metasploitable:~$ ifconfig



1.mutillidae (NOWASP Mutillidae 2.1.19)

2'dvwa (Damn Vulnerable Web Application)

3.phpMyAdmin

4.tikiwiki (TWiki)
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5.ikiwiki-old

6.dav (WebDav)