# diego-treitos/linux-smart-enumeration

Linux enumeration tool for pentesting and CTFs with verbosity levels

Repository: https://github.com/diego-treitos/linux-smart-enumeration
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/linux-smart-enumeration
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: hacking, pentesting, privilege-escalation, linux-enumeration, privesc, ctfs, oscp, hackthebox
Last push: 2026-05-03T19:54:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 80, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2758, "days_push": 122, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3962, forks 605 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:30.605120+00:00)

## What it is
A POSIX-compliant shell script that enumerates a local Linux system's security posture to help escalate privileges during pentesting and CTFs. It offers three verbosity levels, selectable test sections, and process monitoring to detect recurrent program executions.

## Use cases
- find privilege escalation vectors on a linux box
- enumerate a system during a CTF
- audit sudo and user misconfigurations for privesc
- monitor processes to spot recurring program executions
- gather system info during an OSCP or HackTheBox exercise

## When to choose
- you need a single-file, dependency-free script you can wget onto a target
- you want gradual, importance-ranked output instead of a full dump
- you're working in CTF, OSCP, or pentest environments

## When to avoid
- you need Windows or macOS enumeration
- you want a full-featured post-exploitation framework rather than a focused enumerator
- you require non-shell tooling with rich reporting

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: security, penetration-testing, cli, developer-tools
- domain: security, penetration-testing
- platform: cli
- tags: privilege-escalation, privesc, ctf, oscp, hackthebox, shell-script, system-enumeration, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- diego-treitos/linux-smart-enumeration (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.605120+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:24:26.940815+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/diego-treitos/linux-smart-enumeration (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:30.605120+00:00, sha 7059dee4a070)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.