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Metasploitable 3 Windows Walkthrough __full__ May 2026

Once we have access to the system, we can attempt to escalate our privileges to those of the root user. We can use tools like sudo or exploit modules in Metasploit to achieve this.

Once we have a shell, we can navigate to the /home/user directory and find the user.txt file, which contains the user’s credentials. metasploitable 3 windows walkthrough

One of the vulnerabilities identified by nikto is a remote code execution vulnerability in the HTTP service. We can use the exploit module in Metasploit to exploit this vulnerability. Once we have access to the system, we

nmap -sV 10.0.2.15 This command performs a version scan of the target machine, which will help us identify potential vulnerabilities. One of the vulnerabilities identified by nikto is

nikto -h 10.0.2.15 This command performs a web server scan and identifies potential vulnerabilities in the HTTP service.

cat /home/user/user.txt We can use these credentials to gain access to the system via SSH.

Launch the Metasploitable 3 virtual machine and take note of the IP address assigned to it. By default, the IP address is 10.0.2.15 . You can use tools like nmap or netcat to scan the machine and gather information about its open ports and services.