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performing-privilege-escalation-assessment
Performs privilege escalation assessments on compromised Linux and Windows systems to identify paths from low-privilege access to root or SYSTEM-level control. The tester enumerates misconfigurations, vulnerable services, kernel exploits, SUID binaries, unquoted service paths, and credential stores to demonstrate the full impact of an initial compromise. Activates for requests involving privilege escalation testing, local exploitation, post-compromise escalation, or OS-level security assessment.
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# Performing Privilege Escalation Assessment
## When to Use
- After gaining initial low-privilege access during a penetration test to demonstrate full system compromise
- Assessing the security hardening of Linux and Windows servers against local privilege escalation attacks
- Evaluating whether endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools detect common privilege escalation techniques
- Testing the effectiveness of least-privilege policies and application whitelisting on endpoints
- Validating that container breakout and VM escape controls are properly configured
**Do not use** without written authorization, against production systems where exploitation could cause downtime, or for deploying kernel exploits on systems without prior approval and rollback capability.
## Prerequisites
- Low-privilege shell access (reverse shell, SSH, RDP) to the target system obtained through authorized means