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linux privilege escalation

Security & auditing

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Updated 10-16 05:06

About this skill

Linux Privilege Escalation

Purpose

Execute systematic privilege escalation assessments on Linux systems to identify and exploit misconfigurations, vulnerable services, and security weaknesses that allow elevation from low-privilege user access to root-level control. This skill enables comprehensive enumeration and exploitation of kernel vulnerabilities, sudo misconfigurations, SUID binaries, cron jobs, capabilities, PATH hijacking, and NFS weaknesses.

Inputs / Prerequisites

🧠 Knowledge Modules (Fractal Skills)

1. Required Access

2. Technical Requirements

3. Recommended Tools

4. Primary Outputs

5. Evidence Artifacts

6. Phase 1: System Enumeration

7. Phase 2: Automated Enumeration

8. Phase 3: Kernel Exploits

9. Phase 4: Sudo Exploitation

10. Phase 5: SUID Binary Exploitation

11. Phase 6: Capabilities Exploitation

12. Phase 7: Cron Job Exploitation

13. Phase 8: PATH Hijacking

14. Phase 9: NFS Exploitation

15. Enumeration Commands Summary

16. Reverse Shell One-Liners

17. Key Resources

18. Operational Boundaries

19. Technical Limitations

20. Legal and Ethical Requirements

21. Example 1: Sudo to Root via find

22. Example 2: SUID base64 for Shadow Access

23. Example 3: Cron Job Script Hijacking