TOOL TUTORIAL · Network Protocol Analysis & Security Research

How to install and use Impacket-Scripts

Impacket is a collection of Python classes for working with network protocols. Impacket-scripts, derived from the Impacket library, are specialized scripts designed to facilitate various network attacks, penetration testing, and security assessments. These scripts provide functi…

Quick install: pip install impacket

Installation steps

  1. Open your terminal on Kali Linux or Ubuntu
  2. Make sure Python 3 and pip are installed
  3. Run pip install impacket to fetch the scripts
  4. Confirm it worked by running impacket-smbserver -h
  5. The example scripts are now on your PATH with an impacket- prefix

See the full Impacket-Scripts reference →