Linux Privilege Escalation

Name: Linux Privilege Escalation
Author: sickn33

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sickn33·vlatest·security·MIT

This skill simulates exploiting vulnerabilities to gain elevated privileges within a Linux environment, aiding in security testing and understanding attack vectors.

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$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill linux-privilege-escalation -a claude-code

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What we know about this skill

Publisher

sickn33

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Live repository

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Automated safety checks

scanned 28 Sept 2026

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

Declares what it does: failed
No SKILL.md was found in the skill's directory.
SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.
No undeclared network calls: passed
Makes no network calls.
Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.
No obfuscated payloads: passed
No encoded or obfuscated payloads.
No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.
No credential access: passed
Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.
Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.
No pipe-to-shell installers: passed
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No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.
Pinned to a commit: passed
Scanned sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills at 5a4cdd9df8.
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Commit: 5a4cdd9df8
Manifest: skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md
Scanned: 0 files
Copies in repo: 3 — all of them scanned

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About this skill

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to identify and exploit vulnerabilities within Linux systems to escalate privileges from a standard user to root or administrator. It automates the process of analyzing system configurations, kernel parameters, and installed software for misconfigurations that grant unauthorized access.

When to use it

Performing security assessments on Linux servers to verify the effectiveness of existing hardening measures.
Validating penetration testing methodologies in controlled environments like CI/CD pipelines or isolated labs.
Auditing legacy systems where outdated kernel versions or unpatched packages may contain known escalation vectors.
Simulating advanced persistent threats (APTs) to test incident response protocols for privilege-based breaches.

Key capabilities

Scans system binaries and libraries for SUID/SGID misconfigurations.
Analyzes kernel parameters for local privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
Identifies weak configurations in services like SSH, sudo, and cron jobs.
Detects outdated software packages with known security flaws exploitable by unprivileged users.

Example prompts

"Scan this Linux server configuration for common local privilege escalation vectors."
"Identify SUID binaries and kernel parameters that could allow a standard user to gain root access."
"Analyze the installed software list for known vulnerabilities that enable privilege escalation."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you only run this skill in isolated, authorized environments; exploiting systems without explicit permission is illegal. Always verify that your test targets are fully contained to prevent accidental data loss or service disruption during scanning.