metasploit-framework

A guide to using the Metasploit Framework, a security-testing platform for finding and exploiting weaknesses in systems. It covers exploitation, payload creation, scanning, post-exploitation, and custom exploit development.

In plain words
What is it for?
Penetration tests, vulnerability scanning, payload generation, post-exploitation work, and custom exploit development on systems you are authorized to test.
Why use it?
It gives authorized security testers one workflow for checking whether vulnerabilities can be exploited and recording the results. It also makes the required setup, access, and testing boundaries clear.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/zebbern/claude-code-guide/metasploit-framework
Any agent
npx skills add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill metasploit-framework
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 77 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,566 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 2 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00077 $0.03566
Opus 5 $0.00039 $0.01783
Sonnet 5 $0.00015 $0.00713
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00357

Measured 2d ago against content hash f36bf582247a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

metasploit-framework scanned grade A with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Asks for rootlowPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

sudo systemctl start postgresql

Downgraded: this mod is about security review, or the phrase is quoted, so it is likely naming the pattern rather than instructing it.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-omnibus/master/config/templates/metasploit-framework-wrappers/msfupdate.erb > msfinstall
skills/metasploit-framework/SKILL.md · 479 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 479 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Metasploit Framework

Purpose

Leverage the Metasploit Framework for comprehensive penetration testing, from initial exploitation through post-exploitation activities. Metasploit provides a unified platform for vulnerability exploitation, payload generation, auxiliary scanning, and maintaining access to compromised systems during authorized security assessments.

Prerequisites

Required Tools

# Metasploit comes pre-installed on Kali Linux
# For other systems:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-omnibus/master/config/templates/metasploit-framework-wrappers/msfupdate.erb > msfinstall
chmod 755 msfinstall
./msfinstall

# Start PostgreSQL for database support
sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo msfdb init

Required Knowledge

  • Network and system fundamentals
  • Understanding of vulnerabilities and exploits
  • Basic programming concepts
  • Target enumeration techniques

Required Access

  • Written authorization for testing
  • Network access to target systems
  • Understanding of scope and rules of engagement

Outputs and Deliverables

  1. Exploitation Evidence - Screenshots and logs of successful compromises
  2. Session Logs - Command history and extracted data
  3. Vulnerability Mapping - Exploited vulnerabilities with CVE references
  4. Post-Exploitation Artifacts - Credentials, files, and system information

Core Workflow

Phase 1: MSFConsole Basics

Launch and navigate the Metasploit console:

# Start msfconsole
msfconsole

# Quiet mode (skip banner)
msfconsole -q

# Basic navigation commands
msf6 > help                    # Show all commands
msf6 > search [term]           # Search modules
msf6 > use [module]            # Select module
msf6 > info                    # Show module details
msf6 > show options            # Display required options
msf6 > set [OPTION] [value]    # Configure option
msf6 > run / exploit           # Execute module
msf6 > back                    # Return to main console
msf6 > exit                    # Exit msfconsole

Read the full file on GitHub · 479 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 479 lines · 77 tokens per session scan A f36bf582247a

Subscribe to this mod's changes

metasploit-framework is a skill published in the GitHub repository zebbern/claude-code-guide (4,597 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 77 tokens to every session and 3,566 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 2 findings (asks for root, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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