Metasploit Framework as a means of exploiting vulnerable servers

This article discusses methods for using the Metasploit Framework to conduct server security audits. For port scanning, Nmap Security Scanner is used in conjunction with Metasploit. Nessus Security Scanner was selected as a vulnerability scanner. All scans, exploitation of vulnerabilities and post-exploitation were performed on a virtual machine with the Metasploitable pentest platform pre-installed. The article describes methods for collecting information, obtaining information about vulnerabilities and their exploitation.