Exploit Frameworks


Exploits are small bits of software that take advantage of the flaws in other software to cause them to behave in ways that their creators didn’t intend.

  • attackers use exploits to gain access to systems or get additional privileges on those systems
  • can also white-hack exploits to assess your own system security to fix issues

Exploit framework is a collection of prepackaged exploits and tools.

  • contains tools like network mapping tools and sniffers
  • make exploits simple to use and give access to a large library of them
  • Popular exploit frameworks
  • commonly use GUIs