--- title: Basic Pentesting: 1 Vulnhub Writeup | daily.dev description: This is a small boot2root VM I created for my university's cyber security group. It contains multiple remote vulnerabilities and multiple privilege escalation... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/basic-pentesting-1-vulnhub-writeup-hfgxj9zjj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Basic Pentesting: 1 Vulnhub Writeup | daily.dev og:description: This is a small boot2root VM I created for my university's cyber security group. It contains multiple remote vulnerabilities and multiple privilege escalation... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/basic-pentesting-1-vulnhub-writeup-hfgxj9zjj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HfgxJ9zJj.png og:image:alt: Basic Pentesting: 1 Vulnhub Writeup og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Basic Pentesting: 1 Vulnhub Writeup **[System Weakness](https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness)** · 4 min read · 13 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This is a small boot2root VM I created for my university's cyber security group. It contains multiple remote vulnerabilities and multiple privilege escalation vectors. If you enjoyed the VM or have questions, feel free to contact me at: josiah@vt.edu. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#pentesting](https://daily.dev/tags/pentesting), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#shell](https://daily.dev/tags/shell) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/basic-pentesting-1-vulnhub-writeup-hfgxj9zjj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Basic Pentesting: 1 Vulnhub Writeup","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/basic-pentesting-1-vulnhub-writeup-hfgxj9zjj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/basic-pentesting-1-vulnhub-writeup-hfgxj9zjj"},"datePublished":"2023-01-31T18:14:05.180Z","dateModified":"2023-09-04T02:19:46.083Z","description":"This is a small boot2root VM I created for my university's cyber security group. It contains multiple remote vulnerabilities and multiple privilege escalation...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f7e0eab946e0876988d33aa681b634ea","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f7e0eab946e0876988d33aa681b634ea","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"System Weakness","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"System Weakness","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/4675577b3a8145dab8e12f25b0751c15","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/basic-pentesting-1-vulnhub-writeup-hfgxj9zjj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":13},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"pentesting,python,shell","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"System Weakness","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Basic Pentesting: 1 Vulnhub Writeup"}]} ```