Social Engineering using Metasploit Express
In honor of the release of the findings from Defcon 18 Social Engineering CTF ‐ "How Strong Is Your Schmooze” as well as the weekly update from Metasploit Express I will walk through a Social Engineering attack using Metasploit Express.
Step 1: Under Modules, pick your exploit. I am using the Adobe CoolType SING exploit. (We don't want to leave out Windows Vista and Windows 7.)
Step 2: Leave every option as the default and launch the attack.
Step 3: We could just have our target browse to the web address however we are going to use a different attack vector. Go and Find a USB drive and load up FireFox with NoScript enabled. Browse to the target URL and save the PDF. NoScript will stop it from executing on your machine.
Step 4: Rename the file something sneaky. I chose HR.pdf. Copy this to your thumb drive.
Step 5: Take your USB Drive and drop it off somewhere.
Step 6: Wait for the finder of the USB drive to open and click the evil HR.pdf. Gotcha! Time to give Mr. X a lesson on Social Engineering and how we don't use thumb drives we find in the bathroom.