Linux Privilege Escalation — Cron
Jul 19, 2021
Walkthrough in exploiting Cron and File Permissions
- Get initial foothold
2. Check username
3. Update the database of the Locate command and locate Crontab
4. View scheduled system-level tasks
5. Investigate the shell scripts and view file permissions
6. Create a listener
7. Edit the shell script found at Crontab
8. Pass the shell to the listener
9. Confirm successful privilege escalation
