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Privilege_Escalation_Test

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charpup·vlatest·security

Simulates privilege escalation attempts to identify potential vulnerabilities in system configurations and user permissions.

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    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add charpup/skill-security-auditor --skill privilege_escalation_test -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

charpup

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Install target

Live repository

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Automated safety checks

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This skill failed 2 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

    SKILL.md has no YAML frontmatter, so it declares nothing machine-readable.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: api.clawsec.io.

    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.

    Hosts contacted

    api.clawsec.ioundeclaredraw.githubusercontent.comsource hostgithub.comsource host

    What it found

    • config/default.yaml:24contacts api.clawsec.io
      feed_url: https://api.clawsec.io/v1/feed
    • lib/clawsec_integration.py:48contacts api.clawsec.io
      "https://api.clawsec.io/v1/feed"

  • 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

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned charpup/skill-security-auditor at 086718493c.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
086718493c
Manifest
SKILL.md
Scanned
30 files, 3,341 lines
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About this skill

What it does

This skill, privilege_escalation_test, is designed to assess a system's vulnerability to privilege escalation attacks. It can identify potential weaknesses in user permissions and access controls, simulating common exploitation techniques. The tool helps security auditors proactively discover misconfigurations that could allow unauthorized users to gain elevated privileges.

When to use it

  • Security Audits: As part of a broader security audit of a system or application.
  • Penetration Testing: To simulate an attacker attempting to escalate their privilege level within a controlled environment.
  • Post-Configuration Verification: After implementing new user roles or access control policies, to ensure they are functioning as intended and haven't introduced unintended escalation paths.
  • Vulnerability Hunting: Proactively searching for potential privilege escalation vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them.

Key capabilities

  • Privilege Escalation Testing
  • User Permission Assessment
  • Access Control Validation
  • Exploitation Simulation

Example prompts

  • "Test for privilege escalation paths starting from the 'guest' user account."
  • "Simulate a scenario where a user has compromised a service account and attempt to escalate privileges."
  • “Identify any misconfigured sudo rules that could lead to privilege escalation.”

Tips & gotchas

This skill requires a thorough understanding of system administration and security principles. Incorrect usage or interpretation of results can lead to unintended consequences, so it's best used by experienced security professionals.