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Advanced Infrastructure Penetration Testing
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Advanced Infrastructure Penetration Testing

by Chiheb Chebbi
February 2018
Intermediate to advanced
396 pages
9h 38m
English
Packt Publishing
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Linux Exploit Suggester 

Linux Exploit Suggester is a simple script developed by PenturaLabs to help penetration testers search for Linux vulnerabilities. Let's download the tool from GitHub:

#git clone https://github.com/mzet-/linux-exploit-suggester

The tool uses the uname -r command to collect information about the Linux OS release version and later give you a list of privilege escalation exploits for that specific release. If you already know the release version, you can enter it directly using the -k option, as shown in the following screenshot:

And later, you can use a website such as https://www.cvedetails.com to search for more information ...

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