In the course of Penetration Testing or Ethical Hacking, gaining initial system access often involves acquiring a basic shell. To enhance your capabilities, it may be necessary to elevate this basic shell to a fully interactive one. This upgrade facilitates a more comfortable and functional command-line interface, enabling improved command execution and system exploration. The success of obtaining a fully functional shell depends on the specific system environment and installed packages.
Python spawn shell:
python -c ‘import pty; pty.spawn(“/bin/sh”)’
python3 -c ‘import pty; pty.spawn(“/bin/sh”)’
Bash Spawn Shell:
/bin/sh -i
Perl Spawn Shell:
perl —e ‘exec “/bin/sh”;’
Ruby Spawn Shell:
ruby: exec “/bin/sh”
Lua Spawn Shell:
lua: os.execute(“/bin/sh”)
lua -e ‘os.execute(‘/bin/bash’)’
IRB Spawn Shell:
exec “/bin/sh”
VI Spawn Shell:
:!bash
:set shell=/bin/bash:shell
Nmap Spawn Shell:
!sh
!bash
Echo Spawn Shell:
echo os.system(‘/bin/bash’)
Nano Spawn Shell:
CTRO+R CTRL+X reset; /bin/bash 1>&0 2>&0