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##Небольшой гайд по написанию отчетов , который насобирал из разных источников.###
Secondly, while all professionals have their own way of writing reports, some general items should always be there: A cover page with a title, your name, and email address, and version control. A table of contents (Optional). An executive summary, aimed at the manager who requested the engagement, explaining what was achieved in non-technical terms. A technical summary aimed at the engineering manager, so they understand the impact and can prioritize accordingly (Optional). A table of all vulnerabilities found, ordered by severity, aimed at managers and engineers, again to prioritize accordingly. Detailed exploitation section, where each vulnerability and its impact are explained, exploitation steps and proof are shown, and recommendations for mitigations are given. This is aimed at engineers who will remediate your findings. Title: Root Password Stored in Plaintext Severity: Critical Description: The root user’s password was found stored in plaintext within the file /etc/password.txt. This file was readable by low-privileged users, allowing any user with shell access to retrieve the root credentials and fully compromise the system. Exploitation Steps: Obtain a low-privileged shell on the target system. Read the contents of /etc/password.txt using cat /etc/password.txt. Use the discovered root password to escalate privileges via ssh root@IP. Recommendation: Remove the plaintext password file immediately and rotate the root password. Credentials should never be stored in plaintext on the filesystem. Implement a secrets management solution or use properly configured system authentication mechanisms (such as /etc/shadow with strong hashing). Additionally, enforce the principle of least privilege to restrict file access permissions.