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Install Metasploitable 2

Summary:

This walkthrough will install Metasploitable 2.

Below is the network diagram.

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*The exact IP addresses may be different, but should be withen the same subnet.

Downloads

Download Metasploitable 2 and Windows from the links below.

Metasploitable 2 | Metasploit Documentation

Select the sourceforge link.

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Select Download.

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Unzip Metasploitable. I recommend using 7-zip.

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Install Metasploitable 2

  1. Ensure pfSense is running.

  2. Select Machine —>New

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  1. Type in the VM name, folder you want to save it in, type=Linux, and Version=Debian(64-bit). Leave the ISO Image as not selected for now. Select Next.

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  1. Go to Hardware and change Base Memory to 2048MB and keep the CPU as 1.

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  1. Under Hard Disk, select “Do Not Add Virtual Hard Disk” and select Finish.

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  1. Go to Settings and select Storage. Then highlight Controller:SATA and click the icon to add a hard disk.

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  1. Click add and select the .vmdk file where you saved the unzipped folder and select Open.

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  1. Highlight Metaspoitable.vmdk and select Choose.

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  1. You should now see it listed under the controller.

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  1. Go to Audio tab and deselect audio.

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  1. Go to Network and select Adapter 1, Internal Network, and change the Name to LAN 1

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On adaptor type, do not use Paravirtualized Network (virtio-net) adapter for Metasploitable 2. Use PCnet-FAST III instead. Virtio-net doesn't work with Metasploitable because Metasploitable uses an old kernel with no Built-in VirtIO Driver. Metasploitable 2 is based on Ubuntu 8.04 (really old). That kernel doesn’t include drivers for virtio-net, so it can’t detect or use the network card at all. No Guest Additions or Modules Preinstalled: Virtio-net often requires modern Linux distributions or manual driver installation, which isn’t feasible or recommended in Metasploitable 2. Virtio is optimized for performance, not compatibility: It's great for modern OSes (e.g., modern Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.) but not backward-compatible with older systems unless you build support in.

  1. Disable USB.

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Testing Our Configuration

Start Metasploitable 2.

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Log in with the creds msfadmin:msfadmin

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Check the IP address by typing ifconfig

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As seen above, we have correctly configured Metasploitable 2 in the Ecorp LAN.