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id: blacklanternsecurity/red-run/linux-cron-service-abuse
version: "b749efed"
license: GPL-3.0
install: manual
updated: 2026-04-01
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# Linux Cron Service Abuse — This skill teaches penetration testers to identify and exploit scheduled tasks, system services, and inter-process communication mechanisms for privilege escalation. It covers writable cron scripts, PATH manipulation, wildcard injection attacks, systemd unit modification, and D-Bus service exploitation—all under explicit authorization.

Publisher: blacklanternsecurity · Stars: 241 · Updated: 2026-04-01

Install (manual): `git clone https://github.com/blacklanternsecurity/red-run`

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