Installing Metasploit on an M1 Macbook Air

The article provides instructions for installing Metasploit Framework on an M1 MacBook Air using the official macOS installer, including steps to bypass security blocks in System Preferences. After installation, it guides users to add the Metasploit binary path to their shell configuration file and demonstrates a successful setup by launching `msfconsole`, which initializes a database and displays the Metasploit interface.

This method installs Metasploit from the official OSX installer found at https://osx.metasploit.com/metasploitframework-latest.pkg - Download the installer from https://osx.metasploit.com/metasploitframework-latest.pkg - Run the installer. - You should get it blocked from running. - Go to OSX System Preferences - Security & Privacy and tell OSX to "Open it anyway". - The installer will start. - At some point you will have to type your password to give the installer elevated privileges to continue. - Done. Use vim or your preferred text editor to open ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc if you use Bash and add the line below to the end. export PATH="/opt/metasploit-framework/bin:$PATH" Execute the following command in your terminal. This does the same thing as Option 1 without needing an editor. echo -e export PATH="/opt/metasploit-framework/bin:$PATH" ~/.zshrc Below is the copy/paste of my commandline. Note the first few lines, where I was prompted for input. ❯ msfconsole Welcome to Metasploit Framework Initial Setup Please answer a few questions to get started. Would you like to use and setup a new database recommended ? Y ? Would you like to init the webservice? Not Required no : no Clearing http web data service credentials in msfconsole Running the 'init' command for the database: Creating database at /Users/tyrell/.msf4/db Creating db socket file at /var/folders/j /9dwy14jj58jcb3m4gxk4b0000000gn/T Starting database at /Users/tyrell/.msf4/db...success Creating database users Writing client authentication configuration file /Users/tyrell/.msf4/db/pg hba.conf Stopping database at /Users/tyrell/.msf4/db Starting database at /Users/tyrell/.msf4/db...success Creating initial database schema Database initialization successful Metasploit Framework Initial Setup Complete Call trans opt: received. 2-19-98 13:24:18 REC:Loc Trace program: running wake up, Neo... the matrix has you follow the white rabbit. knock, knock, Neo. . ,-, . ,;' / . ,'/ .' . X /.' .-;--''--.. .' / , ' Q ' , , . \ ,.| ' -.; ' : . ; --,.. ; ' , .' . , ' / ; ,''-,;' - -.. -- https://metasploit.com = metasploit v6.2.14-dev-961db67c4a301c0b5ef3ed981ad0edf9677ebcb0 + -- --= 2239 exploits - 1181 auxiliary - 398 post + -- --= 864 payloads - 45 encoders - 11 nops + -- --= 9 evasion Metasploit tip: Use the edit command to open the currently active module in your editor msf6 At this stage, you have a working Metasploit Framework installation in your Macbook.