Cron abuse

Cross-platform resources for Cron abuse: curated HTB machines, PortSwigger labs and TryHackMe rooms with validated writeups and related skills.

Cron abuse

This page aggregates cross-platform resources to practice Cron abuse: retired Hack The Box machines, PortSwigger Web Security Academy labs and TryHackMe rooms, plus curated resources (HackTricks, PortSwigger, etc.) and related skills.

Curated resources

Source	Link
HackTricks	https://book.hacktricks.wiki/en/linux-hardening/privilege-escalation/index.html

HTB machines practicing Cron abuse (3)

Machine	OS	Difficulty
Bashed	Linux	EASY
Fighter	Windows	INSANE
SolidState	Linux	MEDIUM

Related skills

• /en/skills/sudo-abuse
• /en/skills/linpeas

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Last updated: 2026-05-08