Penetrating the System - jude-lindale/Wiki GitHub Wiki

You can use identified security vulnerabilities to do the following:

• Gain further information about the host and its data.
• Obtain a remote command prompt.
• Start or stop certain services or applications.
• Access other systems.
• Disable logging or other security controls.
• Capture screen shots.
• Access sensitive files.
• Send an email as the administrator.
• Perform SQL injection.
• Launch a denial of service attack.
• Upload a file or create a backdoor user account proving the exploitation of a vulnerability.