Security payloads

Skill Eyadkelleh/awesome-skills-security/skills/security-payloads

Essential exploitation payloads: anti-virus test files, file name exploits, malicious files. Curated for testing.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add Eyadkelleh/awesome-skills-security --skill security-payloads

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SecLists Payloads (Curated)

Description

Essential exploitation payloads: anti-virus test files, file name exploits, malicious files. Curated for testing.

Source: SecLists/Payloads Repository: https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists License: MIT

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need:

Anti-virus testing
File upload testing
Path traversal testing
Security control validation

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Only use for authorized security testing, bug bounty programs, CTF competitions, or educational purposes.

Key Files in This Skill

EICAR test file
Null byte file names
Command execution file names

Usage Example

# Access files from this skill
import os

# Example: Load patterns/payloads
skill_path = "references/Payloads"

# List all available files
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(skill_path):
    for file in files:
        if file.endswith('.txt'):
            filepath = os.path.join(root, file)
            print(f"Found: {filepath}")
            
            # Read file content
            with open(filepath, 'r', errors='ignore') as f:
                content = f.read().splitlines()
                print(f"  Lines: {len(content)}")

Security & Ethics

Authorized Use Cases ✅

Authorized penetration testing with written permission
Bug bounty programs (within scope)
CTF competitions
Security research in controlled environments
Testing your own systems
Educational demonstrations

Prohibited Use Cases ❌

Unauthorized access attempts
Testing without permission
Malicious activities
Privacy violations
Any illegal activities

Complete SecLists Collection

This is a curated subset of SecLists. For the complete collection:

Full repository: https://github.com/danielmiessler/SecLists
Size: 4.5 GB with 6,000+ files
All categories: Passwords, Usernames, Discovery, Fuzzing, Payloads, Web-Shells, Pattern-Matching, AI, Miscellaneous

Generated by Skill Seeker | SecLists Payloads Collection License: MIT - Use responsibly with proper authorization

What ships with it: 10 files

9.1 KB alongside SKILL.md