---
id: 8079
title: "Linux Hacking Case Studies Part 1: Rsync"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/linux-hacking-case-studies-part-1-rsync/"
published_at: "2020-03-23T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["linux", "privilege-escalation", "pentest", "file-transfer", "rsync"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8079"
lang: en
---

# Linux Hacking Case Studies Part 1: Rsync

## Summary

The first Linux case study targets insecure Rsync servers: enumerating shares on port 873, grabbing sensitive files, and creating a privileged user via shadow edits when the daemon runs as root.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/network-pentesting/linux-hacking-case-studies-part-1-rsync/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8079