Installing guest additions will provide you with seamless mouse support to overcome the capturing of mouse and keyboard. You need to press the Ctrl key to release the capture.

Mouse pointer integration – By default, VM will capture your mouse and keyboard when you are working inside a VM.

They need to be installed inside a VM to improve the performance of the guest operating system and to add extra features. When the installation is complete, click on Restart Now.Īwesome!! You have created the attacker’s virtual machine.VirtualBox guest additions is a collection of device drivers and software application package which is shipped with Oracle VirtualBox. Wait for the installation process to complete. Also, you should choose and confirm your password. Use attacker as the name, computer’s name, and username. Select Install Ubuntu and continue the installation process using default options. This will start the Ubuntu virtual machine. Select the attacker virtual machine and go to Machine > Start. Go to the Network tab and attach the Log4Shell network adapter you created before.

Go to the Storage tab and select the Choose a Disk File.Ĭhoose the ISO file for Ubuntu Desktop you downloaded before. Select the attacker virtual machine and go to Machine > Settings. We will use 4096 MB.Ĭreate a virtual hard disk using default options. Select the preferred amount of memory (RAM). We are naming it attacker and using type Linux and version Ubuntu (64-bit). Go to Machine > New and create a new virtual machine. Do not forget to check the Supports DHCP option. We are naming it Log4Shell and using a CIDR 192.168.50.0/24. Go to File > Preferences > Network and create a NAT network adapter. Go to and download the ISO file by clicking in Download.Ĭreating Virtual Machine - VirtualBox NAT (Network Address Translation) Network Downloading ISO Files Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS - Desktop (Attacker) Also, for the network adapter, we are using the name Log4Shell, but you can use your preferred name. We are using the name attacker for this virtual machine, but you can use your preferred name. In this blog post, we will share the steps that you can follow to create an Ubuntu Desktop virtual machine in VirtualBox (Version 6.1.30).

Ubuntu 20.04 virtualbox image