LinPEAS
Penetration Testing 4 commands

LinPEAS

Linux Privilege Escalation Awesome Script. Searches for possible paths to escalate privileges on Linux hosts.

privilege-escalationlinuxenumerationpost-exploitation
Official docs

Installation

# Download from GitHub
curl -L https://github.com/peass-ng/PEASS-ng/releases/latest/download/linpeas.sh -o linpeas.sh
chmod +x linpeas.sh

Commands & usage

4 entries
  • ./linpeas.sh

    Run all checks

  • ./linpeas.sh -s

    Silent mode (less output)

  • ./linpeas.sh -a

    Run all checks including lengthy ones

  • curl <url>/linpeas.sh | bash

    Run from remote without saving

Use cases

Linux privilege escalationPost-exploitation enumerationMisconfiguration detectionCTF challengesSecurity auditing