Exploring bash Reverse Shell
Taking a quick deep dive into the bash reverse shell. Understanding how it works, the various bash redirections that make it possible.
This is a foundation exploration. The previous video looked at the mkfifo reverse shell, here: • Exploring mkfifo / nc Reverse Shell
[00:00] Introduction
[01:02] What is the bash reverse shell?
[02:08] bash -i
[03:02] /dev/tcp
[04:50] Redirecting standard output and standard error
[06:03] Copying socket descriptor over standard in
[09:50] Diagrams
[11:07] Showing direction of angled bracket doesn't matter for descriptor copy
[11:40] Need to run in bash