Privilege Escalation Concepts — Roadmap Step & Resources
How attackers move from limited access to admin/root on a compromised machine
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 2 days
- Roadmap: Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker
Before this step
Interview questions
- Name two common Linux privilege escalation vectors.
Study resources
- Linux Privilege Escalation (Article) — HackTricks' extensive, widely-referenced guide to Linux privilege escalation techniques.
- FREE Practical Ethical Hacking course from The Cyber Mentor (Video) — The Cyber Mentor's legendary, hugely popular 15-hour free ethical hacking course, widely used as OSCP prep material.
Part of
- Operating Systems Security — section
- Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker roadmap — the full learning path