Privilege Escalation
This skill simulates escalating privileges within a system for testing and understanding vulnerabilities – crucial for security assessments.
Install on your platform
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add privilege-escalation npx -- -y @trustedskills/privilege-escalation
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"privilege-escalation": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/privilege-escalation"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
This skill allows an AI agent to explore and identify potential privilege escalation vulnerabilities within a system. It can analyze configurations, binaries, and other artifacts to discover misconfigurations or exploitable weaknesses that could lead to elevated access levels. The agent can then suggest remediation steps based on its findings.
When to use it
- Security Audits: To proactively assess the security posture of systems by identifying potential privilege escalation paths.
- Penetration Testing: As part of a broader penetration testing engagement, to simulate an attacker attempting to gain higher privileges.
- Vulnerability Research: To investigate suspicious system behavior or newly discovered vulnerabilities that might lead to privilege escalation.
- Post-Exploitation: Following initial access to a system, to determine the potential for escalating privileges and gaining deeper control.
Key capabilities
- Configuration analysis
- Binary analysis
- Vulnerability identification
- Remediation suggestion
Example prompts
- "Analyze this system configuration file for privilege escalation vulnerabilities."
- "Can you identify any misconfigurations that could lead to root access on this server?"
- "What are the potential privilege escalation paths in this binary?"
Tips & gotchas
This skill requires a good understanding of operating systems and security principles. The agent's suggestions should always be verified by a human expert before implementation, as false positives can occur.
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Security Audits
| Gen Agent Trust Hub | Pass |
| Socket | Pass |
| Snyk | Pass |
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