privilege-escalation-methods - Privilege Escalation for Linux and Windows
Provides techniques for escalating privileges from low-privileged user to root/administrator access on Linux and Windows systems
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Updated: 2026-05-09Capabilities
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Typical Outputs
What this skill does
- check sudo permissions
- exploit sudo binaries
- abuse scheduled tasks
- exploit capabilities
- mount NFS shares
- impersonate tokens
- abuse Windows services
- perform Kerberoasting
- perform AS-REP roasting
- create golden tickets
- perform pass-the-ticket
- poison LLMNR
- relay NTLM
- dump credentials with VSS
Inputs
- low-privilege shell access
- penetration testing distribution
- target system access
- domain user credentials
- domain controller access
Outputs
- root shell access
- administrator shell access
- extracted credentials
- extracted hashes
- persistent access mechanisms
- domain compromise
Requirements
- Linux or Windows target system
- penetration testing environment
- attack tools