Week 5

Post-exploitation, privilege escalation, and reporting

Connect initial access to post-exploitation and Linux privilege escalation, then document evidence in a pentest-style finding.

Day 29 planned

Metasploit post-exploitation and shells

Continue the authorised lab session through post-exploitation, payload generation, and shell/listener fundamentals.

Open daily log
Day 30 planned

Linux privilege escalation and reporting

Complete Linux privilege-escalation fundamentals, attempt Jump, and turn the strongest finding from the month into a concise report entry.

Open daily log