You're reading from Privilege Escalation Techniques Learn the art of exploiting Windows and Linux systems

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801078870

Length 340 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Author (1):

Alexis Ahmed

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Gaining Access and Local Enumeration

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Privilege Escalation FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up Our Lab

4. Chapter 3: Gaining Access (Exploitation)

5. Chapter 4: Performing Local Enumeration

6. Section 2: Windows Privilege Escalation

7. Chapter 5: Windows Kernel Exploits

8. Chapter 6: Impersonation Attacks

9. Chapter 7: Windows Password Mining

10. Chapter 8: Exploiting Services

11. Chapter 9: Privilege Escalation through the Windows Registry

12. Section 3: Linux Privilege Escalation

13. Chapter 10: Linux Kernel Exploits

14. Chapter 11: Linux Password Mining

15. Chapter 12: Scheduled Tasks

16. Chapter 13: Exploiting SUID Binaries

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To get the most out of this book

To get the most out of this book, you should have a fundamental understanding of networking, specifically TCP/IP, UDP, and their respective protocols. Furthermore, given the nature of the techniques covered in the book, you should have basic familiarity with the workings and functionality of Windows and Linux.

The hardware required to follow the techniques and exploits in this book is fairly standard. You can use a laptop or desktop computer that supports virtualization and is capable of running Oracle VirtualBox. As per the hardware and operating system specifications, the following configuration is recommended:

Operating system (Windows): Windows 7 or later, preferably 64-bit
Operating system (Linux): Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, or any stable distribution based on Debian or Fedora
Processor: Intel i5 or higher
RAM: 8 GB or higher
HDD: 500 GB hard drive

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book's GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.