How to Install and Uninstall w3af Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "w3af" package

Learn how to install w3af on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                w3af
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "w3af" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall w3af on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                w3af
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the w3af package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: w3af
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 1065
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Luciano Bello
Architecture: all
Version: 1.1svn5547-1.1
Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), w3af-console (>= 1.1svn5547-1.1), python-gtk2 (>= 2.12), graphviz, python-gtksourceview2
Filename: pool/universe/w/w3af/w3af_1.1svn5547-1.1_all.deb
Size: 275742
MD5sum: c995229441342cb2ef00b35d1f5231ae
SHA1: beb4807a72db5c93bfeb5ace0ef4d75044209111
SHA256: d274090e3a5bdbfc793d39389ed410c1139777aea3f8b98e8725ead0f312eede
Description-en: framework to find and exploit web application vulnerabilities
w3af is a Web Application Attack and Audit Framework which aims
to identify and exploit all web application vulnerabilities.
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This package provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for the framework. If
you want a command-line application only, install w3af-console.
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The framework has been called the "metasploit for the web", but it's actually
much more than that, because it also discovers the web application
vulnerabilities using black-box scanning techniques!
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The w3af core and it's plugins are fully written in Python. The project has
more than 130 plugins, which identify and exploit SQL injection, cross site
scripting (XSS), remote file inclusion and more.
Description-md5: ee2590c32c394f3af1e38f1f4dd05e8b
Homepage: http://w3af.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu