/Privilege-Escalation

This cheasheet is aimed at the CTF Players and Beginners to help them understand the fundamentals of Privilege Escalation with examples.

Privilege Escalation Cheatsheet (Vulnhub)

This cheasheet is aimed at the CTF Players and Beginners to help them understand the fundamentals of Privilege Escalation with examples. It is not a cheatsheet for Enumeration using Linux Commands. Privilege escalation is all about proper enumeration. There are multiple ways to perform the same tasks. We have performed and compiled this list on our experience. Please share this with your connections and direct queries and feedback to Pavandeep Singh.

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Table of Contents

Abusing Sudo Rights ⤴

No. Machine Name Files/Binaries
1. Ted:1 apt-get
2. KFIOFan : 1 awk
3. 21 LTR: Scene1 cat
4. Skytower cat
5. Matrix : 1 cp
6. Sputnik 1 ed
7. Sunset ed
8. DC-2 git
9. Kioptrix : Level 1.2 ht
10. Matrix-3 manual
11. symfonos : 2 MySQL
12. Development nano
13. SP ike nmap
14. DC6 nmap
15. Dina perl
16. Wakanda : 1 pip
17. Violator proftpd
18. Torment python
19. Broken: Gallery reboot/timedatectl
20. DE-ICE:S1.120 script
21. Fristileaks script
22. DerpNStink script
23. Digitalworld.local : JOY script
24. PumpkinFestival script
25. The Ether: Evil Science script
26. PumpkinRaising strace
27. Unknowndevice64 : 1 strace
28. Holynix: v1 tar
29. Breach 2.1 tcpdump
30. Temple of Doom tcpdump
31. Web Developer : 1 tcpdump
32. DC-4 teehee
33. Serial: 1 vim
34. Zico 2 zip
35. Sunset: Nightfall cat
36. HA: Infinity Stones

SUID Bit ⤴

No. Machine Name SUID Bit
1. Kevgir cp
2. digitalworld.local - BRAVERY cp
3. Happycorp : 1 cp
4. FourAndSix : 2 doas
5. DC-1 find
6. dpwwn:2 find
7. MinU: v2 Micro Editor
8. Toppo:1 python 2.7/mawk
9. Mr. Robot nmap
10. Covfefe script
11. /dev/random : K2 script
12. hackme1 script
13. Sunset: dawn zsh
14. HA: Wordy cp

Kernel Exploit ⤴

No. Machine Name Kernel Exploit
1. pWnOS -1.0 Linux Kernel 2.6.17 < 2.6.24.1 5092
2. LAMPSecurity: CTF 5 Linux Kernel 2.4/2.6 9479
3. Kioptrix : Level 1.1 CentOS 4.4/4.5 / Fedora Core 4/5/6 x86) 9542
4. Hackademic-RTB1 RDS Protocol' Local Privilege Escalation 15285
5. Hackademic-RTB2 RDS Protocol' Local Privilege Escalation 15285
6. ch4inrulz : 1.0.1 RDS Protocol' Local Privilege Escalation 15285
7. Kioprtix: 5 FreeBSD 9.0 - Intel SYSRET Kernel Privilege Escalation 28718
8. Simple Apport/Abrt (Ubuntu / Fedora) 36746
9. SecOS: 1 Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04 37292
10. Droopy Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04 37292
11. VulnOS: 2.0 Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04 37292
12. Fartknocker Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04 37292
13. Super Mario Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04 37292
14. Golden Eye:1 Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04 37292
15. Typhoon : 1.02 Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04 37292
16. GrimTheRipper:1 Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04 37292
17. 6days Ubuntu 12.04/14.04/14.10/15.04 37292
18. Lord of the Root Ubuntu 14.04/15.10 39166
19. Acid Reloaded Ubuntu 14.04/15.10 39166
20. Stapler Ubuntu 16.04 39772
21. Sidney Ubuntu 16.04 39772
22. DC-3 Ubuntu 16.04 39772
23. Pluck Dirty COW 40616
24. Lampiao : 1 Dirty COW /proc/self/mem' Race Condition 40847
25. WinterMute : 1 GNU Screen 4.5.0 41154
26. DC-5 GNU Screen 4.5.0 41154
27. BTRSys:dv 2.1 Linux Kernel 4.4.0 (Ubuntu) - DCCP Double-Free 41458
28. Nightmare Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 (KASLR / SMEP) 43418
29. Trollcave Linux Kernel < 4.4.0-116 (Ubuntu 16.04.4) 44298
30. Prime: 1 Linux Kernel < 4.4.0-116 (Ubuntu 16.04.4) 44298

Path Variable ⤴

No. Path Variable Files
1. PwnLab cat
2. USV cat
3. Zeus:1 date
4. The Gemini inc date
5. EW-Skuzzy id
6. Nullbyte ps
7. symfonos : 1 curl
8. Silky-CTF: 0x01 whoami
9. Beast 2 whoami

Enumeration ⤴

No. Machine Name
1. The Library:1
2. The Library:2
3. LAMPSecurity: CTF 4
4. LAMPSecurity: CTF 7
5. Xerxes: 1
6. pWnOS -2.0
7. DE-ICE:S1.130
9. Tommyboy
10. VulnOS: 1
11. Spyder Sec
12. Acid
13. Necromancer
14. Freshly
15. Fortress
16. Billu : B0x
17. Defence Space
18. Moria 1.1
19. Analougepond
20. Lazysysadmin
21. Bulldog
22. BTRSys 1
23. G0rmint
24. Blacklight : 1
25. The blackmarket
26. Matrix 2
27. Basic Pentesting : 2
28. Depth
29. Bob: 1.0.1
30. W34kn3ss 1
31. Replay: 1
32. Born2Root: 2
33. CLAMP 1.0.1
34. WestWild: 1.1
35. 64base
36. C0m80
37. Gibson
38. Quaoar

MySQL ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Kioptrix : Level 1.3
2. Raven
3. Raven : 2

Crontab ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Billy Madison
2. BSides Vancuver: 2018
3. Jarbas : 1
4. SP:Jerome
5. dpwwn: 1

Wildcard Injection ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Milnet
2. Pipe

Capabilities ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Kuya : 1
2. DomDom: 1

Writable etc/passwd file ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Hackday Albania
2. Billu Box 2
3. Bulldog 2
4. AI: Web: 1
5. Westwild: 2

Writable files or script as root ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Skydog
2. Breach 1.0
3. Bot Challenge: Dexter
4. Fowsniff : 1
5. Mercy
6. Casino Royale
7. SP eric
8. PumpkinGarden
9. Tr0ll: 3
10. Nezuko:1
11. Symfonos:3
12. Tr0ll 1
13. DC:7

Buffer Overflow ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Tr0ll 2
2. IMF
3. BSides London 2017
4. PinkyPalace
5. ROP Primer
6. CTF KFIOFAN:2
7. Kioptrix : Level 1
8. Silky-CTF: 0x02

Docker ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Donkey Docker
2. Game of Thrones
3. HackinOS : 1

Chkrootkit ⤴

No Machine Name
1. SickOS 1.2
2. Sedna

Bruteforce ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Rickdiculouslyeasy
2. RootThis : 1
3. LAMPSecurity: CTF 8
4. Cyberry:1
5. Born2root

Crack /etc/shadow ⤴

No Machine Name
1. DE-ICE:S1.140
2. Minotaur
3. Moonraker:1
4. Basic Penetration
5. W1R3S.inc

NFS ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Orcus
2. FourAndSix

Json ⤴

No Machine Name Json
1. MinU: 1 Json Token
2. Symfonos:4 Json Pickle

Redis ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Gemini inc:2

LXD ⤴

No Machine Name
1. AI: Web: 2

ALL ⤴

No Machine Name
1. Lin.Security
2. Escalate_Linux

Exim⤴

No Machine Name
1. DC:8