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Penetration Testing with BackBox

Penetration Testing with BackBox

By : Stefan Umit Uygur
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Penetration Testing with BackBox

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By: Stefan Umit Uygur
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Overview of this book

This practical book outlines the steps needed to perform penetration testing using BackBox. It explains common penetration testing scenarios and gives practical explanations applicable to a real-world setting. This book is written primarily for security experts and system administrators who have an intermediate Linux capability. However, because of the simplicity and user-friendly design, it is also suitable for beginners looking to understand the principle steps of penetration testing.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Penetration Testing with BackBox
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Preface
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Starting Out with BackBox Linux
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Starting Out with BackBox Linux
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A flexible penetration testing distribution
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The organization of tools in BackBox
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Services
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Update
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Anonymous
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Extras
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Completeness, accuracy, and support
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Links and contacts
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Summary
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Information Gathering
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Information Gathering
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Starting with an unknown system
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Proceeding with a known system
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Vulnerability Assessment and Management
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Vulnerability Assessment and Management
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Vulnerability scanning
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False positives
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Exploitations
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Exploitations
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Exploitation of a SQL injection on a database
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Exploiting web applications with W3af
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Summary
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Eavesdropping and Privilege Escalation
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Eavesdropping and Privilege Escalation
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Sniffing encrypted SSL/TLS traffic
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Password cracking
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Maintaining Access
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Maintaining Access
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Backdoor Weevely
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Penetration Testing Methodologies with BackBox
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Penetration Testing Methodologies with BackBox
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Information gathering
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Documentation and Reporting
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Documentation and Reporting
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MagicTree – the auditing productivity tool
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Index
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Index

Summary

In this chapter, we had the opportunity to scan a target system and discover vulnerabilities on the system. We also had a chance to run through a single vulnerability found by seeking for a false positive and we had the confirmation that the vulnerability is legitimate. However, keep in your mind that the vulnerability can still be false because we are not sure if that server really has that version of dnsmasq. There are two ways to be 100 percent sure about this: either you can have access to the server and check the version; or alternatively, you can try to exploit the vulnerability, and in case you are successful, we know for sure that you have found a legitimate vulnerability.

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