Ethical Hacking Methodology

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Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jul 28, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUMCOMMAND_EXECUTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFEDATA_EXFILTRATIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill provides detailed instructions for executing high-risk commands to achieve persistence and escalate privileges:
  • Persistence methods include modifying cron jobs (echo "* * * * * /tmp/backdoor.sh" >> /etc/crontab) and adding unauthorized SSH keys to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.
  • Privilege escalation techniques include checking for sudo -l permissions and searching for SUID binaries (find / -perm -4000).
  • Exploitation commands involve the Metasploit Framework (msfconsole) and automated tools like sqlmap and hydra.
  • [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The methodology encourages targeting and exposing sensitive information:
  • Google Dorking techniques specifically look for .env files and configuration files.
  • Command injection testing examples include accessing protected system files like /etc/passwd.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The reconnaissance phase includes tools and techniques for gathering organizational intelligence, such as email harvesting with theHarvester and extensive DNS enumeration using dnsrecon and dig.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill references external resources for security testing, such as the Kali Linux ISO from kali.org and third-party privilege escalation enumeration scripts including linpeas.sh, winpeas.exe, and linux-exploit-suggester.sh.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: (Vulnerability Surface for Indirect Prompt Injection):
  • Ingestion points: The skill processes data from external sources and tools such as theHarvester, nikto, and web directory scanners in SKILL.md.
  • Boundary markers: No delimiters or instructions are provided to the agent to ignore potentially malicious instructions embedded in tool outputs.
  • Capability inventory: The skill has broad capabilities to execute shell commands, perform network operations, and write to the file system.
  • Sanitization: There is no evidence of output sanitization or validation before the agent acts on information retrieved from targets.
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
Jul 28, 2026, 05:45 AM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — Ethical Hacking Methodology