Metasploitable 2 is virtual machine supported UNIX operating system that contains many intentional vulnerabilities for you to exploit. Metasploitable is basically a penetration testing workplace in a box, available as a VMware virtual machine.
Metasploitable is a Linux-based OS that is vulnerable to various Metasploit attacks. it had been designed by Rapid7,the owners of the Metasploit framework. Metasploitable is an excellent way to get familiar with using Meterpreter.
It is a key part of our testing environment. it is supported the Ubuntu UNIX operating system OS and is made specifically exploitable for penetration testing purposes. This VM should never be exposed on to the internet and for our purposes, we will use the host-only network to bind to.
Lets start Setting Up Metasploitable 2 Linux Virtual Machine
Step 1 :- Open VMWare and click on create a new virtual machine.
Step 2 :Choose Typical Option.
Step 3 :Choose I Will Install the operating System later.
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Step 4 :Choose Linux and select Ubuntu - bit
Step 5 :You can give a name, we give the name Metasploitable just to make sure the name was understandable and easy to recognize.
