dostoevskylabs/dostoevsky-pentest-notes

What's the OS? What version? What architecture?

• cat /etc/*-release
• uname -i
• lsb_release -a (Debian based OSs)

Who are we? Where are we?

• id
• pwd

Who uses the box? What users? (And which ones have a valid shell)

• cat /etc/passwd
• grep -vE "nologin|false" /etc/passwd

What's currently running on the box? What active network services are there?

• ps aux
• netstat -antup

What's installed? What kernel is being used?

• dpkg -l (Debian based OSs)
• rpm -qa (CentOS / openSUSE)
• uname -a

Much more at: https://blog.g0tmi1k.com/2011/08/basic-linux-privilege-escalation/