linux-pentester-commands

Fail

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 17, 2026

Risk Level: CRITICALREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONPERSISTENCEEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSDYNAMIC_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill instructs users to download a repository from an unverified GitHub account (HIMANSHUSHARMA20/Linux-for-a-Pentester) for offline access and testing purposes.
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The documentation provides multiple ready-to-use reverse shell payloads including:
  • Bash one-liners using /dev/tcp redirection.
  • Netcat commands with the -e flag and named pipe (mkfifo) alternatives.
  • Python and PHP scripts designed to establish outbound network connections and spawn interactive shells.
  • [PERSISTENCE]: The skill includes several persistence techniques:
  • The installation process modifies the user's shell profile (~/.bashrc) to add an alias.
  • Detailed commands for adding SSH keys to authorized_keys.
  • Instructions for creating a hidden backdoor user account with sudo privileges.
  • Commands to establish persistent reverse shells via root crontab entries.
  • [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: Extensive guidance on bypassing security controls and gaining root access is provided, including:
  • Identification and exploitation of SUID/SGID binaries.
  • Sudo bypass techniques targeting specific vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-14287).
  • Exploitation of LD_PRELOAD environment variables to inject malicious shared libraries.
  • [DYNAMIC_EXECUTION]: The skill provides a workflow for runtime compilation of C source code into a shared object (.so) file using gcc, which is then used for privilege escalation via LD_PRELOAD.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill details methods for log cleanup and anti-forensics, such as clearing bash_history and truncating system log files like auth.log and syslog to hide activity.
Recommendations
  • CRITICAL: 1 infected file(s) detected - DO NOT USE
  • CRITICAL: 1 file(s) identified as malware by FileRep - DO NOT USE
  • AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
CRITICAL
Analyzed
Sep 17, 2026, 01:19 PM