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PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI

As of 9 August 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 19 of 19 outbound references and 0 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2507.06742.

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This paper cites In: The 4th international conference on natural language computing, Copen- hagen, Denmark.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI In: The 4th international conference on natural language computing, Copen- hagen, Denmark

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This paper cites Technical report, Royal Holloway, University of London (2024),https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/files/58692091/ TechReport_UnleashingAIinEthicalHacking.pdf.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI Technical report, Royal Holloway, University of London (2024),https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/files/58692091/ TechReport_UnleashingAIinEthicalHacking.pdf

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This paper cites AI-Augmented Ethical Hacking: A Practical Examination of Manual Exploitation and Privilege Escalation in Linux Environments.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI AI-Augmented Ethical Hacking: A Practical Examination of Manual Exploitation and Privilege Escalation in Linux Environments

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This paper cites PenTest++: Elevating Ethical Hacking with AI and Automation.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI PenTest++: Elevating Ethical Hacking with AI and Automation

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This paper cites In: Martinelli, F., Rios, R.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI In: Martinelli, F., Rios, R

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This paper cites In: Costa, G., Montanari, R., Carmi- nati, M., Sciarretta, G.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI In: Costa, G., Montanari, R., Carmi- nati, M., Sciarretta, G

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This paper cites In: AI Magazine.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI In: AI Magazine

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This paper cites In: 33rd USENIX Security Sympo- sium (USENIX Security 24).

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI In: 33rd USENIX Security Sympo- sium (USENIX Security 24)

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This paper cites In: Proceedings of the 31st ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI In: Proceedings of the 31st ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering

Reference 10

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This paper cites A Comprehensive Overview of Large Language Models (LLMs) for Cyber Defences: Opportunities and Directions.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI A Comprehensive Overview of Large Language Models (LLMs) for Cyber Defences: Opportunities and Directions

Reference 11

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This paper cites Computers & Secu- rity154, 104399 (2025).https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI Computers & Secu- rity154, 104399 (2025).https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j

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This paper cites In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI In: Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems

Reference 13

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This paper cites Large Language Models Struggle to Describe the Haystack without Human Help: Human-in-the-loop Evaluation of Topic Models.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI Large Language Models Struggle to Describe the Haystack without Human Help: Human-in-the-loop Evaluation of Topic Models

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This paper cites benefits and drawbacks.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI benefits and drawbacks

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This paper cites Special Publica- tion 800-115, National Institute of Standards and Technology (2008),https: //csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-115/final.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI Special Publica- tion 800-115, National Institute of Standards and Technology (2008),https: //csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-115/final

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This paper cites In: International Confer- ence on Learning Representations (2022),https://openreview.net/forum? id=gEZrGCozdqR.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI In: International Confer- ence on Learning Representations (2022),https://openreview.net/forum? id=gEZrGCozdqR

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This paper cites Al-Sinani & C.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI Al-Sinani & C

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This paper cites In: 8th International Conference on PST: Privacy, Security and Trust.

PenTest2.0: Towards Autonomous Privilege Escalation Using GenAI In: 8th International Conference on PST: Privacy, Security and Trust

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