OSCP Penetration Testing Cheatsheet: Commands and Tips for Exam Preparation
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6d ago· 8 min readen
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A penetration tester shares their personal cheatsheet of useful commands and tips compiled during OSCP exam preparation. The post covers network enumeration, service enumeration, password guessing, reverse shells, Active Directory exploitation, and Windows post-exploitation techniques. The author passed the OSCP exam in March 2025 and compiled this knowledge base to help others preparing for the certification.
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· 3 pulledI had my OSCP exam on 14.03.2025 and on 17 March, three days later, I already received the confirmation, that I had passed the OSCP exam!
This is my compiled and comprehensive list of useful commands that I have documented in my personal knowledge base.
I created a separate directory for each machine that I hacked during my preparation.
I had my OSCP exam on 14.03.2025 and on 17 March, three days later, I already received the confirmation, that I had passed the OSCP exam!
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