Linux Privilege Escalation Techniques Used by Red Teams

Why Privilege Escalation Matters

Getting a foothold is just the start; escalating to root is the goal...

SUID/SGID Abuse

Misconfigured SUID binaries can be leveraged to execute commands as root...

Cron Job Exploitation

World-writable scripts executed by root cron jobs are a goldmine...

Kernel Exploits

Outdated kernels with known CVEs can be targeted for local privilege escalation...