qubes-doc/managing-os/pentesting/kali.md

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General Remainder:

• The installation scripts and provided tools may have bugs, be vulnerable to Man in the Middle (MitM) attacks or other vulnerabilities.

• Adding additional repositories or tools for installing software extends your trust to those tool provider.

Please keep in mind that using such a VM or VM's based on the template for security and privacy critical tasks is not recommended.

How to Create a Kali Linux VM

This guide is being created to give guidance on ways in which you could create a Kali Linux penetration testing VM (Qube) in Qubes OS.

Kali Linux is the most widely used penetration testing Linux distribution.

There are multiple ways to create a Kali Linux VM. One way is to create a HVM and use the offical ISO to install the system or convert a Virtual Image. Another way is to clone the Qubes OS Debian image and turn it into a Kali Linux distribution.

Kali Linux HVM

1. Download the Kali installation DVD

2. Create a new HVM

3. Start the HVM with attached CD/DVD

    qvm-start <hvm-name> --cdrom <vm-name>:/home/user/Downloads/<iso-name>.iso
   

Create Debian Based Kali Template

1. (Optional) Install debian-8 template (if not already installed)

2. Update your debian-8 template

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
   

3. Clone debian-8 template (two options)

   1. Via Qubes VM Manager

      

   2. Via command line

       qvm-clone debian-8 kali
      

4. Start and upgrade the kali Template from Debian 8 to Debian 9

    sudo sed -i 's/jessie/stretch/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
    sudo sed -i 's/jessie/stretch/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/qubes-r3.list
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
    sudo apt-get autoremove
   

   Note: From now on there are two possible ways either doing everything manually or automatically with Katoolin.

   Katoolin is a script (written in Python) which helps you to install Kali tools.

5. manually - Add Kali Linux repositories

   1. Add Kali Linux repositories to /etc/apt/sources.list

       deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free
       deb http://repo.kali.org/kali kali-bleeding-edge main
      

   2. Add kali signing key

      • The signing key can be found here Download Kali Linux Images Securely

          sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 7D8D0BF6
          sudo apt-get update
        

6. katoolin - Install Katoolin and add Kali Linux repositories

   1. Install Katoolin

       sudo apt-get install git
       git clone https://github.com/LionSec/katoolin.git
       sudo cp katoolin/katoolin.py /usr/bin/katoolin
       sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/katoolin
       rm -rf katoolin
      

   2. Add Kali Linux repositories

      • start katoolin

          sudo katoolin
        

      • select 'Add Kali repositories & Update'

          1) Add Kali repositories & Update
          2) View Categories
          3) Install classicmenu indicator
          4) Install Kali menu
          5) Help
        
          kat > 1
        

        

      • select 'Add kali linux repositories'

          1) Add kali linux repositories
          2) Update
          3) Remove all kali linux repositories
          4) View the contents of sources.list file
        
          What do you want to do ?> 1
        

        

      • update Kali repositories

          1) Add kali linux repositories
          2) Update
          3) Remove all kali linux repositories
          4) View the contents of sources.list file
        
          What do you want to do ?> 2
        

      • quit katoolin by pressing CRTL + c keys

          What do you want to do ?> ^CShutdown requested...Goodbye...
        

7. Cleanup and update kali template

   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get autoremove

8. Shutdown and trim kali template

   • Shutdown kali template

       sudo shutdown -h now
     

   • In dom0 console:

       qvm-trim-template kali
     

9. Start image

10. manually - Install tools

    Warning: kali-linux and kali-linux-full does currently not work properly. Please use Katoolin or PTF.

    1. List available packages

        sudo apt-cache search kali-linux
       

    2. Select and install tools

       • install base system

           sudo apt-get install kali-linux
         

       • or install all tools

           sudo apt-get install kali-linux-full
         

       • or select specific (example):

           sudo apt-get install kali-linux-top10 kali-linux-web
         

11. katoolin - Install tools

    1. View Categories

       • start katoolin

           sudo katoolin
         

       • select 2) View Categories

    2. Select the categories/tools you want to install

       • For more information on how to use Katoolin see How to Auto Install All Kali Linux Tools Using “Katoolin” on Debian/Ubuntu

       • Note: The all option does not work for Information Gathering, Web Apps, Forensic Tools, Reverse Engineering and Extra.

12. Create a AppVMs based on the kali template

    • (Optional) Attach necessary devices

Alternative Options to Kali

• BlackArch
• PenTester Framework (PTF)
• Pentesting