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Submitted by lukas.cz· Mar 6, 2026Post-exploitation and lateral movement

Question

A penetration tester gains access to a chrooted environment and runs service --status-all on a target host. The tester reviews the following output: [ + ] cron [ + ] dhcp [ - ] tomcat [ - ] xserver [ + ] ssh The only other commands that the tester can execute are ps, nc, tcpdump, and crontab. Which of the following is the best method to maintain persistence?

Options

  • AValidate write access to and add a reverse shell.
  • BCapture credentials to use with tcpdump.
  • CScan the X11 server from the outside for unauthenticated connectivity.
  • DCheck access to the tomcat default manager page and use an LFI payload.

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Topics

#Persistence#Crontab#Reverse shell#Chroot bypass
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