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Practical Web Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Practical Web Penetration Testing Secure web applications using Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788624039
Length 294 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gus Khawaja Gus Khawaja
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building a Vulnerable Web Application Lab FREE CHAPTER 2. Kali Linux Installation 3. Delving Deep into the Usage of Kali Linux 4. All About Using Burp Suite 5. Understanding Web Application Vulnerabilities 6. Application Security Pre-Engagement 7. Application Threat Modeling 8. Source Code Review 9. Network Penetration Testing 10. Web Intrusion Tests 11. Pentest Automation Using Python 12. Nmap Cheat Sheet 13. Metasploit Cheat Sheet 14. Netcat Cheat Sheet 15. Networking Reference Section 16. Python Quick Reference 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

System info commands

This section will be very useful in the post-exploitation phase.

Suppose that you just escalated your privileges on a Linux box; how can you know if you're really an admin? Just execute the id command, and you'll get the results. Don't underestimate this section! Review it carefully, and see the commands that you can take advantage of during the post-exploitation phase on a Linux machine:

  • To show the current host uptime, use the following:
uptime
  • To show who's logged in, use the following:
w
whoami
  • To show who you are (as a user), use the following:
id
  • To display information about a user, use the following:
finger [user name]
  • To show kernel information, use the following:
uname -a
  • To show CPU information, use the following:
cat /proc/cpuinfo
  • To show memory information, use the following:
cat /proc/meminfo
  • To show disk usage...
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