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File analysis tools + enumeration

Written last month (March 29, 2025)
  • file shows filetype.

  • binwalk finds file headers inside of file. Can be used to extract data from corrupted disk images.

  • 7z can extract almost anything.

  • foremost data recovery tool.

  • volatility for RAM analysis (mainly windows).

  • ffuf (web) fuzzer

  • hydra credential stuffer

  • sqlmap for automatic SQL injection exploiting

  • linPEAS, linEnum, lse, find for finding executables.

    • find -perm 4000 to filter by perm (4000 suid, 2000 guid, sum for both)
    • find -user root to filter by user

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