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Last updated: April 29, 2026
Metasploit Framework (MSF) is the world’s most widely-used exploitation platform. It bundles thousands of exploits, payloads, post-exploitation modules, and auxiliary tools under one console. This module gets you comfortable launching your first authorised exploit and understanding what MSF is doing behind the scenes.
Metasploit Framework (MSF) is the world’s most widely-used exploitation platform. It bundles thousands of exploits, payloads, post-exploitation modules, and auxiliary tools under one console. This module gets you comfortable launching your first authorised exploit and understanding what MSF is doing behind the scenes.
Core concepts
- Exploit — code that takes advantage of a vulnerability
- Payload — what runs after successful exploitation (reverse shell, Meterpreter session, staged shellcode)
- Encoder — transforms payload bytes to evade simple signature detection
- Auxiliary — scanners, fuzzers, DoS tools — things that aren’t exploits but support the workflow
- Post — modules run against an established session (credential harvesting, privilege escalation, persistence)
- Listener / Handler — the attacker-side component awaiting callback from a payload
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