SECURITY / INTERMEDIATE / +200 XP

Recon frameworks should be boring

Zero dependencies is not a constraint. It is a design decision. The best recon tools are the ones that work anywhere.

WHY IT MATTERS

Zero dependencies is not a constraint. It is a design decision. The best recon tools are the ones that work anywhere.

LIVE SIGNALS

  • CVE-1999-0095 — The debug command in Sendmail is enabled, allowing attackers to execute commands as root.
  • CVE-1999-1471 — Buffer overflow in passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field.
  • CVE-1999-1122 — Vulnerability in restore in SunOS 4.0.3 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges.
  • CVE-1999-1506 — Vulnerability in SMI Sendmail 4.0 and earlier, on SunOS up to 4.0.3, allows remote attackers to access user bin.
  • CVE-1999-0084 — Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.

YOUR MOVE

Open a terminal, test one idea, and return with a sharper question.