Learn to Hack: UnrealIRC Backdoor Exploit on Metasploitable2

Опубликовано: 19 Февраль 2026
на канале: Cyber Ryan | Cyber Security
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In this short we discovered that the Metasploitable2 server that we scanned using Tenable Nessus, was running a vulnerable version of UnrealIRC that contained a backdoor on port 6697. Being the script kiddie that I am I exploited this vulnerability to gain a remote shell using Metasploit.

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DISCLAIMER:
This video is for educational purposes only. All demonstrations are done on a Metasploitable server owned by myself.

The purpose of this video is to teach cybersecurity concepts and penetration testing techniques to use against devices with which you have permission to run them on, such as CTFs.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ACCESS SYSTEMS OR RUN TOOLS ON SYSTEMS THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO.