Exploiting Platform Vulnerabilities

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Exploiting Heartbleed vulnerability using Exploit-DB
• Executing commands by exploiting Shellshock
• Creating and capturing a reverse shell with Metasploit
• Privilege escalation on Linux
• Privilege escalation on Windows
• Using Tomcat Manager to execute code
• Cracking password hashes with John the Ripper by using a dictionary
• Cracking password hashes via Brute Force with Hashcat