Software
software:crontab
Also: crontab entry
Unix scheduling mechanism used in the competition to run commands at set intervals and maintain a flag-exfiltration action.
Unix scheduling mechanism used in the competition to run commands at set intervals and maintain a flag-exfiltration action.
“it was installing a crontab entry.”
“A crontab entry is a command that’s just set to run at a certain interval.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| incoming | USES | Plaid Parliament of Pwning | Explicit | 43 |
Plaid Parliament of Pwning USES crontab
PPP analyzed a malicious crontab entry used to maintain persistence in a CTF system.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Tyler EP 43 Details
“it was installing a crontab entry.”
“it turns out they did add a crontab entry”