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Exploiting SUID/SGID Binaries for Linux Privilege Escalation

How attackers abuse SUID/SGID binaries to escalate to root on Linux, plus blue-team detection and hardening.
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Exploiting sudo Misconfigurations with GTFOBins

How attackers turn weak sudo rules, NOPASSWD, env_keep, and LD_PRELOAD into root — and how blue teams shut it down.
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Abusing Linux Capabilities for Privilege Escalation

How attackers abuse cap_setuid and cap_dac_read_search file capabilities to escalate to root, and how blue teams detect it.
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Privilege Escalation via Cron Job Abuse on Linux

Exploit writable cron scripts, weak PATH, and wildcard injection to escalate to root, plus blue-team detection and hardening.
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PATH Hijacking: Privilege Escalation via Writable PATH Directories and Relative Binaries

How attackers abuse relative paths and writable PATH directories to plant malicious binaries and escalate privileges on Linux.
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Abusing NFS no_root_squash for Local Privilege Escalation

How a misconfigured NFS export with no_root_squash lets a low-priv user plant a root SUID binary and escalate.
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Abusing a World-Writable /etc/passwd for Root

How a writable /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow leads to instant root, with PoC and Blue Team defenses.
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Kernel Exploits Deep Dive: Dirty COW and Dirty Pipe

A practical look at CVE-2016-5195 (Dirty COW) and CVE-2022-0847 (Dirty Pipe): how they work, PoCs, and defenses.
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Practical Linux Enumeration with LinPEAS

A hands-on guide to running LinPEAS for fast Linux privilege escalation enumeration, reading its output, and defending against it.
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Privilege Escalation via the Docker Group: From User to Root

How membership in the docker group is equivalent to root, with PoCs for volume mounts and privileged containers, plus detection.
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Abusing LD_PRELOAD and LD_LIBRARY_PATH for Linux Privilege Escalation

How attackers weaponize sudo env_keep with LD_PRELOAD/LD_LIBRARY_PATH to escalate to root, and how blue teams stop it.
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Wildcard Injection: Privilege Escalation via tar and rsync in Cron Jobs

Abuse shell wildcard expansion in tar and rsync backup jobs to inject arguments and escalate to root on Linux.
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Abusing systemd Services and Timers for Linux Privilege Escalation

How writable unit files, ExecStart hijacks, and timer abuse turn a foothold into root on systemd Linux hosts.
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SSH Key Hunting and Lateral Movement on Linux

Find SSH private keys, abuse authorized_keys and known_hosts, and pivot via agent forwarding across Linux hosts.
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Credential Hunting on Linux: From .bash_history to Config Files

A practical guide to hunting cleartext credentials on Linux hosts via history files, config files, and grep, plus defenses.
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Python Library Hijacking for Privilege Escalation on Linux

Abuse writable modules, PYTHONPATH, and sys.path ordering to hijack imports in privileged Python scripts and escalate to root.
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PwnKit: Local Root via polkit pkexec (CVE-2021-4034)

How CVE-2021-4034 (PwnKit) abuses pkexec argv handling and GCONV_PATH to get instant local root on Linux.
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Baron Samedit: Exploiting the sudo Heap Overflow (CVE-2021-3156)

A practical walkthrough of Baron Samedit (CVE-2021-3156), the sudo heap overflow that yields local root, plus detection and defense.
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Linux Persistence Techniques: Maintaining Access After Initial Compromise

A practical tour of Linux persistence: authorized_keys, cron, systemd, rc.local, and ld.so.preload, plus detection.
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Linux Enumeration Cheat Sheet for Privilege Escalation

A practical Linux post-exploitation enumeration cheat sheet covering id, uname -a, sudo -l, SUID hunting, and process inspection.