Installation of Assetfinder Tool in Kali Linux

Step 1: If you have downloaded Golang in your system, verify the installation by checking the version of Golang, use the following command.

go version

Step 2: Get the Assetfinder repository or clone the Assetfinder tool from Github, use the following command.

sudo  go get -u github.com/tomnomnom/assetfinder

Step 3: Copy the Assetfinder tool in the bin directory so we can easily use the tool without running the tool manually by golang, use the following command.

sudo cp /root/go/bin/assetfinder /usr/local/go/bin/

Step 4: Check the help menu page to get a better understanding of the Assetfinder tool, use the following command.

assetfinder -h

Approaching our target is very important while testing a web-based application. Suppose the scope of the target is large, then rather than testing the main domain every researcher should go with associated subdomains, as sometimes these subdomains can be vulnerable to many new vulnerabilities like XSS, SQL, CSRF, etc. So to get more number of related subdomains of your target, we need to have a strong and potential script that will automate our work and return a list of subdomains. So assetfinder is the tool that will help to get subdomains of our target. Assetfinder is a Golang language-based tool used to get potential subdomains of our target domain.

Note: As Assetfinder is a Golang language-based tool, so you need to have a Golang environment on your system. So check this link to install Golang in your system – How to Install Go Programming Language in Linux