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What is Metasploit? | UpGuard

https://www.upguard.com/glossary/metasploit is a Ruby-based, open-source framework that is used by information security professionals and cybercriminals to find, https://www.upguard.com/blog/exploit, and validate https://www.upguard.com/blog/vulnerability. Cybercriminals can maliciously use these same capabilities from Metasploit to identify and exploit vulnerabilities on a target system.

The Metasploit Framework architecture consists of the following parts: Interfaces Libraries Modules Tools Plugins Interfaces are the different platforms through which users can access the Metasploit Framework. There are four interfaces available: MSFConsole (Metasploit Framework Console): The most widely-used Metasploit interface, the Metasploit console allows users to access the Metasploit Framework through an interactive command line interface.