PTF (Pentesters Framework) Cheat Sheet¶

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Überblick¶

Das Pentesters Framework (PTF) ist eine Python-basierte Werkzeugmanagement-Plattform, die speziell für Penetrationsprüfer und Sicherheitsexperten entwickelt wurde. Die PTF wurde von TrustedSec entwickelt und dient als zentralisierter Repository- und Installationsmanager für Penetrationstests, der automatisierten Installation, Aktualisierung und Verwaltung von Sicherheitswerkzeugen auf verschiedenen Plattformen. Der Rahmen befasst sich mit der gemeinsamen Herausforderung von Sicherheitsexperten, die Dutzende von spezialisierten Werkzeugen in verschiedenen Systemen und Umgebungen pflegen und aktualisieren müssen.

PTF arbeitet an einer modularen Architektur, in der jedes Werkzeug durch eine Konfigurationsdatei definiert wird, die Installationsmethoden, Abhängigkeiten, Update-Prozesse und Kompatibilitätsanforderungen angibt. Dieser Ansatz sorgt für eine konsequente Werkzeugausführung in unterschiedlichen Umgebungen und behält gleichzeitig die Flexibilität bei, Anlagen auf Basis spezifischer Anforderungen anzupassen. Das Framework unterstützt verschiedene Installationsmethoden wie Git Repositories, Paketmanager, benutzerdefinierte Skripte und binäre Downloads, so dass es mit nahezu jedem Sicherheitstool unabhängig von seiner Distributionsmethode kompatibel ist.

Die Stärke des Rahmens liegt in der Fähigkeit, den mühsamen Prozess des Werkzeugmanagements zu automatisieren, der traditionell erhebliche Zeit für Sicherheitsexperten verbraucht. PTF kann automatisch erkennen, wann Werkzeuge Updates verfügbar haben, Abhängigkeitsauflösung verwalten, Versionskonflikte verwalten und Rollback-Funktionen bei Bedarf bereitstellen. Diese Automatisierung ermöglicht Penetrationstests, sich auf ihre Kernsicherheitstests zu konzentrieren, anstatt Zeit für die Wartung und Konfiguration von Werkzeugen zu verbringen.

PTF bietet auch wertvolle Funktionen für Teamumgebungen, einschließlich der Fähigkeit, standardisierte Werkzeugkonfigurationen zu erstellen, die über mehrere Teammitglieder hinweg eingesetzt werden können. Dadurch wird die Konsistenz in Prüfumgebungen gewährleistet und die Wahrscheinlichkeit von Problemen reduziert, die sich aus Fehlern der Werkzeugversion oder Konfigurationsunterschieden ergeben. Die Protokollierungs- und Reporting-Funktionen des Frameworks bieten Sichtbarkeit in den Status der Werkzeuginstallation und die Aktualisierungshistorie, die für die Aufrechterhaltung von Audit-Strecken und Problembehebungen wertvoll ist.

Installation¶

Voraussetzungen¶

```bash

Install Python and pip¶

sudo apt update sudo apt install python3 python3-pip git

Install required Python packages¶

pip3 install requests beautifulsoup4 lxml

Install additional dependencies¶

sudo apt install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev

For CentOS/RHEL¶

sudo yum install python3 python3-pip git gcc openssl-devel libffi-devel python3-devel

For macOS¶

brew install python3 git pip3 install requests beautifulsoup4 lxml ```_

Standardinstallation¶

```bash

Clone PTF repository¶

git clone https://github.com/trustedsec/ptf /opt/ptf

Change to PTF directory¶

cd /opt/ptf

Make PTF executable¶

chmod +x ptf

Run initial setup¶

sudo python3 ptf

Alternative: Install to user directory¶

git clone https://github.com/trustedsec/ptf ~/ptf cd ~/ptf python3 ptf ```_

Docker Installation¶

```bash

Pull PTF Docker image¶

docker pull trustedsec/ptf

Run PTF in Docker¶

docker run -it --rm trustedsec/ptf

Run with persistent storage¶

docker run -it --rm -v ptf_data:/root/.ptf trustedsec/ptf

Build custom PTF image¶

cat << 'EOF' > Dockerfile FROM ubuntu:20.04 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip git RUN git clone https://github.com/trustedsec/ptf /opt/ptf WORKDIR /opt/ptf RUN chmod +x ptf ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "ptf"] EOF

docker build -t custom-ptf . docker run -it --rm custom-ptf ```_

Installation der virtuellen Umgebung¶

```bash

Create virtual environment¶

python3 -m venv ptf-env source ptf-env/bin/activate

Install dependencies¶

pip install requests beautifulsoup4 lxml

Clone and setup PTF¶

git clone https://github.com/trustedsec/ptf cd ptf python3 ptf

Create activation script¶

cat << 'EOF' > activate-ptf.sh

!/bin/bash¶

source /path/to/ptf-env/bin/activate cd /path/to/ptf python3 ptf EOF

chmod +x activate-ptf.sh ```_

Systembreite Installation¶

```bash

Install PTF system-wide¶

sudo git clone https://github.com/trustedsec/ptf /opt/ptf sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/ptf cd /opt/ptf sudo python3 ptf

Create symbolic link¶

sudo ln -s /opt/ptf/ptf /usr/local/bin/ptf

Create desktop entry¶

cat << 'EOF' > ~/.local/share/applications/ptf.desktop [Desktop Entry] Name=Pentesters Framework Comment=Tool management for penetration testers Exec=/opt/ptf/ptf Icon=terminal Terminal=true Type=Application Categories=Security; EOF ```_

Basisnutzung¶

Beginn der PTF¶

```bash

Start PTF¶

python3 ptf ./ptf

Start with specific configuration¶

python3 ptf --config /path/to/config.txt

Start in quiet mode¶

python3 ptf --quiet

Start with debug output¶

python3 ptf --debug

Show version¶

python3 ptf --version ```_

Kernkommandos¶

```bash

Show help¶

help ?

List available modules¶

show modules list

Search for modules¶

search nmap search web search "social engineering"

Show module information¶

info modules/exploitation/metasploit show info modules/intelligence/theharvester

Install module¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit install

Update module¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit update

Remove module¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit remove ```_

Modulkategorien¶

```bash

List modules by category¶

show modules/exploitation show modules/intelligence show modules/vulnerability-analysis show modules/web-applications show modules/wireless show modules/forensics show modules/reverse-engineering

Show all categories¶

show categories

Search within category¶

search modules/exploitation metasploit search modules/web-applications burp ```_

Modulmanagement¶

Installation von Tools¶

```bash

Install single module¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit install

Install multiple modules¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit use modules/intelligence/theharvester use modules/web-applications/burpsuite install

Install all modules in category¶

use modules/exploitation/* install

Install with dependencies¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit set INSTALL_DEPS true install

Force reinstall¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit set FORCE_INSTALL true install ```_

Aufrüstwerkzeuge¶

```bash

Update single module¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit update

Update all installed modules¶

update all

Check for updates¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit check_update

Update specific modules¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit use modules/intelligence/theharvester update

Scheduled updates¶

set AUTO_UPDATE true set UPDATE_INTERVAL 7 # days ```_

Werkzeuge entfernen¶

```bash

Remove single module¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit remove

Remove multiple modules¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit use modules/intelligence/theharvester remove

Remove all modules¶

remove all

Remove with cleanup¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit set CLEAN_REMOVE true remove

Backup before removal¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit set BACKUP_BEFORE_REMOVE true remove ```_

Modul Information¶

```bash

Show detailed module info¶

info modules/exploitation/metasploit

Show installation status¶

status modules/exploitation/metasploit

Show module dependencies¶

deps modules/exploitation/metasploit

Show module files¶

files modules/exploitation/metasploit

Show module configuration¶

config modules/exploitation/metasploit

Show module changelog¶

changelog modules/exploitation/metasploit ```_

Konfigurationsmanagement¶

Globale Konfiguration¶

```bash

Show current configuration¶

show config config

Set configuration options¶

set INSTALL_DIR /opt/tools set AUTO_UPDATE true set UPDATE_INTERVAL 7 set BACKUP_ENABLED true set LOG_LEVEL debug

Save configuration¶

save config

Load configuration¶

load config /path/to/config.txt

Reset configuration¶

reset config

Export configuration¶

export config /path/to/backup_config.txt ```_

Modul-spezifische Konfiguration¶

```bash

Configure module¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit set INSTALL_PATH /opt/metasploit set UPDATE_METHOD git set BRANCH master set DEPENDENCIES true

Show module configuration¶

show config

Save module configuration¶

save module_config

Load module configuration¶

load module_config /path/to/module_config.txt

Reset module configuration¶

reset module_config ```_

Umweltkonfiguration¶

```bash

Set environment variables¶

set ENV_VAR PATH="/opt/tools/bin:$PATH" set ENV_VAR METASPLOIT_HOME="/opt/metasploit"

Configure proxy settings¶

set PROXY_HOST 127.0.0.1 set PROXY_PORT 8080 set PROXY_USER username set PROXY_PASS password

Configure SSL settings¶

set SSL_VERIFY false set SSL_CERT /path/to/cert.pem

Configure timeout settings¶

set TIMEOUT 300 set RETRY_COUNT 3 set RETRY_DELAY 5 ```_

Erweiterte Funktionen¶

Benutzerdefinierte Modul-Erstellung¶

```python

Create custom module configuration¶

cat << 'EOF' > modules/custom/mytool.py

!/usr/bin/env python3¶

AUTHOR = "Your Name" DESCRIPTION = "Custom tool description" INSTALL_TYPE = "GIT" REPOSITORY_LOCATION = "https://github.com/user/mytool.git" INSTALL_LOCATION = "mytool" DEBIAN = "git build-essential" BYPASS_UPDATE = "FALSE" LAUNCHER = "mytool"

def install(): # Custom installation logic pass

def update(): # Custom update logic pass

def remove(): # Custom removal logic pass EOF ```_

Batch Operationen¶

```bash

Create batch installation script¶

cat << 'EOF' > batch_install.txt use modules/exploitation/metasploit use modules/intelligence/theharvester use modules/web-applications/burpsuite use modules/vulnerability-analysis/nmap use modules/wireless/aircrack-ng install EOF

Execute batch script¶

python3 ptf --batch batch_install.txt

Create update script¶

cat << 'EOF' > batch_update.txt update all EOF

python3 ptf --batch batch_update.txt ```_

Automatisierungsskripte¶

```bash

Automated installation script¶

!/bin/bash¶

cat << 'EOF' > auto_install.sh

!/bin/bash¶

Start PTF and install essential tools¶

python3 /opt/ptf/ptf ``<< 'PTFEOF' use modules/exploitation/metasploit use modules/intelligence/theharvester use modules/web-applications/burpsuite use modules/vulnerability-analysis/nmap use modules/wireless/aircrack-ng use modules/forensics/volatility install exit PTFEOF

echo "Installation complete" EOF

chmod +x auto_install.sh ./auto_install.sh ```_

Integration von CI/CD¶

```yaml

GitHub Actions workflow¶

name: PTF Tool Management on: schedule: - cron: '0 2 * * 0' # Weekly updates workflow_dispatch:

jobs: update-tools: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Checkout uses: actions/checkout@v2

  - name: Setup Python
    uses: actions/setup-python@v2
    with:
      python-version: '3.9'

  - name: Install PTF
    run:|
      git clone https://github.com/trustedsec/ptf
      cd ptf
      pip install -r requirements.txt

  - name: Update tools
    run:|
      cd ptf
      python3 ptf --batch ../update_script.txt

  - name: Generate report
    run:|
      cd ptf
      python3 ptf --report ../tool_status.json

```_

Werkzeugkategorien¶

Exploitationswerkzeuge¶

```bash

Metasploit Framework¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit install

Exploit Database¶

use modules/exploitation/exploit-db install

use modules/exploitation/set install

BeEF Framework¶

use modules/exploitation/beef install

Empire¶

use modules/exploitation/empire install

Cobalt Strike (if licensed)¶

use modules/exploitation/cobaltstrike set LICENSE_KEY your_license_key install ```_

Nachrichten sammeln¶

```bash

theHarvester¶

use modules/intelligence/theharvester install

Recon-ng¶

use modules/intelligence/recon-ng install

Maltego¶

use modules/intelligence/maltego install

OSINT Framework¶

use modules/intelligence/osint-framework install

Shodan CLI¶

use modules/intelligence/shodan set API_KEY your_api_key install ```_

Web Application Testing¶

```bash

Burp Suite¶

use modules/web-applications/burpsuite install

OWASP ZAP¶

use modules/web-applications/zap install

Nikto¶

use modules/web-applications/nikto install

SQLmap¶

use modules/web-applications/sqlmap install

Gobuster¶

use modules/web-applications/gobuster install

Wfuzz¶

use modules/web-applications/wfuzz install ```_

Schwachstellenanalyse¶

```bash

Nmap¶

use modules/vulnerability-analysis/nmap install

OpenVAS¶

use modules/vulnerability-analysis/openvas install

Nessus (if licensed)¶

use modules/vulnerability-analysis/nessus set LICENSE_KEY your_license_key install

Masscan¶

use modules/vulnerability-analysis/masscan install

Nuclei¶

use modules/vulnerability-analysis/nuclei install ```_

Funkgeräte¶

```bash

Aircrack-ng¶

use modules/wireless/aircrack-ng install

Kismet¶

use modules/wireless/kismet install

Wifite¶

use modules/wireless/wifite install

Reaver¶

use modules/wireless/reaver install

Pixiewps¶

use modules/wireless/pixiewps install ```_

Forensics Tools¶

```bash

Volatility¶

use modules/forensics/volatility install

Autopsy¶

use modules/forensics/autopsy install

Sleuth Kit¶

use modules/forensics/sleuthkit install

Bulk Extractor¶

use modules/forensics/bulk-extractor install

Foremost¶

use modules/forensics/foremost install ```_

Fehlerbehebung¶

Gemeinsame Themen¶

```bash

Permission errors¶

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /opt/ptf sudo chmod -R 755 /opt/ptf

Python dependency issues¶

pip3 install --upgrade requests beautifulsoup4 lxml pip3 install --upgrade setuptools wheel

Git authentication issues¶

git config --global credential.helper store git config --global user.name "Your Name" git config --global user.email "your.email@example.com"

Network connectivity issues¶

set PROXY_HOST 127.0.0.1 set PROXY_PORT 8080 set TIMEOUT 600

Disk space issues¶

df -h du -sh /opt/ptf/* set CLEANUP_AFTER_INSTALL true ```_

Debug Mode¶

```bash

Enable debug logging¶

python3 ptf --debug

Check log files¶

tail -f ~/.ptf/logs/ptf.log

Verbose installation¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit set VERBOSE true install

Test connectivity¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit test_connection

Validate module¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit validate ```_

Rückforderungsverfahren¶

```bash

Backup PTF configuration¶

cp -r ~/.ptf ~/.ptf.backup

Restore configuration¶

rm -rf ~/.ptf cp -r ~/.ptf.backup ~/.ptf

Reset PTF¶

rm -rf ~/.ptf python3 ptf --reset

Repair corrupted installation¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit repair

Force clean installation¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit set FORCE_CLEAN true install ```_

Integrationsbeispiele¶

Anwendbare Integration¶

```yaml

Ansible playbook for PTF deployment¶

name: Deploy PTF across infrastructure hosts: pentest_systems become: yes tasks:
- name: Install dependencies apt: name:
  - python3
  - python3-pip
  - git state: present
- name: Clone PTF git: repo: https://github.com/trustedsec/ptf dest: /opt/ptf force: yes
- name: Install Python dependencies pip: name:
  - requests
  - beautifulsoup4
  - lxml executable: pip3
- name: Configure PTF template: src: ptf_config.j2 dest: /opt/ptf/config.txt
- name: Install tools shell:| cd /opt/ptf python3 ptf --batch /opt/ptf/install_list.txt ```_

Docker komponiert¶

```yaml

docker-compose.yml for PTF¶

version: '3.8' services: ptf: build: . container_name: ptf volumes: - ptf_data:/root/.ptf - ./configs:/opt/configs environment: - PTF_CONFIG=/opt/configs/ptf.conf networks: - pentest_network

tools: image: kalilinux/kali-rolling container_name: pentest_tools volumes: - ptf_data:/opt/tools depends_on: - ptf networks: - pentest_network

volumes: ptf_data:

networks: pentest_network: driver: bridge ```_

Integration von Terrain¶

```hcl

Terraform configuration for PTF deployment¶

resource "aws_instance" "ptf_server" \{ ami = "ami-0c55b159cbfafe1d0" instance_type = "t3.large"

user_data = <<-EOF #!/bin/bash apt-get update apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip git git clone https://github.com/trustedsec/ptf /opt/ptf cd /opt/ptf pip3 install -r requirements.txt python3 ptf --batch /opt/ptf/auto_install.txt EOF

tags = \{ Name = "PTF-Server" Environment = "Pentest" \} \}

resource "aws_security_group" "ptf_sg" \{ name_prefix = "ptf-"

ingress \{ from_port = 22 to_port = 22 protocol = "tcp" cidr_blocks = ["10.0.0.0/8"] \}

egress \{ from_port = 0 to_port = 0 protocol = "-1" cidr_blocks = ["0.0.0.0/0"] \} \} ```_

Best Practices¶

Werkzeugverwaltung¶

```bash

Regular maintenance schedule¶

Weekly updates¶

0 2 * * 0 cd /opt/ptf && python3 ptf --batch update_all.txt

Monthly cleanup¶

0 3 1 * * cd /opt/ptf && python3 ptf --cleanup

Quarterly backup¶

0 4 1 */3 * tar -czf /backup/ptf-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /opt/ptf ~/.ptf

Version control for configurations¶

git init /opt/ptf/configs git add /opt/ptf/configs/* git commit -m "Initial PTF configuration" ```_

Sicherheitsüberlegungen¶

```bash

Secure installation directory¶

sudo mkdir -p /opt/ptf sudo chown root:pentest /opt/ptf sudo chmod 750 /opt/ptf

Restrict access¶

echo "pentest ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /opt/ptf/ptf"|sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/ptf

Audit logging¶

set LOG_LEVEL info set AUDIT_LOG true set LOG_FILE /var/log/ptf/audit.log

Network security¶

set SSL_VERIFY true set PROXY_HOST internal-proxy.company.com set PROXY_PORT 3128 ```_

Team Collaboration¶

```bash

Shared configuration repository¶

git clone https://github.com/company/ptf-configs /opt/ptf-configs ln -s /opt/ptf-configs/team_config.txt /opt/ptf/config.txt

Standardized tool sets¶

cat << 'EOF' >`` /opt/ptf-configs/standard_tools.txt

Core exploitation tools¶

use modules/exploitation/metasploit use modules/exploitation/set use modules/exploitation/beef

Intelligence gathering¶

use modules/intelligence/theharvester use modules/intelligence/recon-ng

Web application testing¶

use modules/web-applications/burpsuite use modules/web-applications/zap use modules/web-applications/sqlmap

install EOF

Team update script¶

!/bin/bash¶

cd /opt/ptf git pull origin main python3 ptf --batch /opt/ptf-configs/standard_tools.txt ```_

Leistungsoptimierung¶

```bash

Parallel installations¶

set PARALLEL_INSTALL true set MAX_PARALLEL 4

Caching¶

set CACHE_ENABLED true set CACHE_DIR /opt/ptf/cache set CACHE_EXPIRY 86400 # 24 hours

Bandwidth optimization¶

set DOWNLOAD_MIRROR https://mirror.company.com/tools/ set COMPRESSION_ENABLED true

Resource limits¶

ulimit -n 4096 echo "* soft nofile 4096"|sudo tee -a /etc/security/limits.conf echo "* hard nofile 4096"|sudo tee -a /etc/security/limits.conf ```_

Reporting und Monitoring¶

Status Reporting¶

```bash

Generate status report¶

python3 ptf --report status.json

HTML report¶

python3 ptf --report status.html --format html

CSV report¶

python3 ptf --report status.csv --format csv

Custom report template¶

python3 ptf --report custom.json --template /path/to/template.json ```_

Überwachung von Skripten¶

```bash

!/bin/bash¶

PTF monitoring script¶

cat << 'EOF' > monitor_ptf.sh

!/bin/bash¶

LOG_FILE="/var/log/ptf/monitor.log" DATE=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

Check PTF status¶

cd /opt/ptf STATUS=$(python3 ptf --status 2>&1)

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "[$DATE] PTF Status: OK" >> $LOG_FILE else echo "[$DATE] PTF Status: ERROR - $STATUS" >> $LOG_FILE # Send alert echo "PTF Error: $STATUS"|mail -s "PTF Alert" admin@company.com fi

Check tool updates¶

UPDATES=$(python3 ptf --check-updates 2>&1) if [ ! -z "$UPDATES" ]; then echo "[$DATE] Updates available: $UPDATES" >> $LOG_FILE fi

Check disk space¶

DISK_USAGE=$(df -h /opt/ptf|awk 'NR==2 \\{print $5\\}'|sed 's/%//') if [ $DISK_USAGE -gt 80 ]; then echo "[$DATE] Disk usage warning: $\\{DISK_USAGE\\}%" >> $LOG_FILE fi EOF

chmod +x monitor_ptf.sh

Add to crontab¶

echo "*/15 * * * * /opt/scripts/monitor_ptf.sh"|crontab - ```_

Sammlung von Metriken¶

```python

!/usr/bin/env python3¶

PTF metrics collector¶

import json import time import subprocess from datetime import datetime

def collect_metrics(): metrics = \\{ 'timestamp': datetime.now().isoformat(), 'installed_tools': 0, 'outdated_tools': 0, 'failed_tools': 0, 'disk_usage': 0 \\}

try:
    # Get tool status
    result = subprocess.run(['python3', 'ptf', '--status'],
                          capture_output=True, text=True)
    if result.returncode == 0:
        status_data = json.loads(result.stdout)
        metrics['installed_tools'] = len(status_data.get('installed', []))
        metrics['outdated_tools'] = len(status_data.get('outdated', []))
        metrics['failed_tools'] = len(status_data.get('failed', []))

    # Get disk usage
    result = subprocess.run(['du', '-s', '/opt/ptf'],
                          capture_output=True, text=True)
    if result.returncode == 0:
        metrics['disk_usage'] = int(result.stdout.split()[0])

except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error collecting metrics: \\\\{e\\\\}")

return metrics

if name == "main": metrics = collect_metrics() with open('/var/log/ptf/metrics.json', 'a') as f: f.write(json.dumps(metrics) + '\n') ```_

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** Sicherheitshinweis**: PTF (Pentesters Framework) ist eine Tool-Management-Plattform für autorisierte Sicherheitstests und Penetrationstests. Die Benutzer sind dafür verantwortlich, dass sie vor der Installation und Nutzung von Sicherheitstools, die von PTF verwaltet werden, eine ordnungsgemäße Autorisierung haben. Viele Tools, die über PTF verfügbar sind, sind leistungsfähige Sicherheitsprüfgeräte, die nur auf Systemen verwendet werden sollten, die Sie besitzen oder eine ausdrückliche schriftliche Genehmigung zum Testen haben. Befolgen Sie immer geltende Gesetze und Vorschriften in Ihrer Gerichtsbarkeit, wenn Sie PTF und die von ihm verwalteten Werkzeuge verwenden.

📚 Zusätzliche Ressourcen: - PTF GitHub Repository - TrustedSec PTF Dokumentation - [PTF Wiki](LINK_4__ - TrustedSec Blog