Linux Privilege Escalation - Assess and exploit Linux privilege escalation vectors
Provides techniques to identify and exploit privilege escalation paths on Linux systems from low-privilege access to root control.
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Updated: 2026-09-24Capabilities
What this skill does
- Enumerate system information
- Run automated enumeration scripts
- Identify kernel vulnerabilities
- Exploit sudo misconfigurations
- Exploit SUID binaries
- Exploit Linux capabilities
- Exploit cron jobs
- Perform PATH hijacking
- Exploit NFS shares
Inputs
- Low-privilege shell access
- Command execution capability
- Network connectivity
- Attacker machine
- Enumeration scripts
- Exploit suggestion tools
- GTFOBins reference
- Password cracking tools
- Netcat utility
Outputs
- Root shell access
- Privilege escalation path documentation
- System enumeration report
- Remediation recommendations
- Privilege escalation screenshots
- Command execution logs
- Vulnerability details
- Exploited configuration files
Requirements
- Linux target operating system
- Interactive or semi-interactive shell execution environment
- Network access for shell connections
- GCC compiler for local exploit compilation