Linux Privilege Escalation Cheatsheet

A practical Linux privilege escalation reference covering high-impact enumeration checks, common misconfigurations, credential hunting, container escapes, and last-resort kernel exploits.

May 25, 2026 · 11 min

VulnLab: Breach

Active Directory machine demonstrating NTLM hash capture through a writable SMB share, Kerberoasting, MSSQL Silver Ticket abuse, and SeImpersonatePrivilege escalation.

March 23, 2026 · 7 min

HTB: Flight

Active Directory machine demonstrating NTLM hash capture, SMB abuse, password reuse, IIS pivoting, and SeImpersonatePrivilege escalation.

November 1, 2025 · 9 min

HTB: Timelapse

Active Directory machine demonstrating exposed SMB backups, certificate-based WinRM access, PowerShell history credential discovery, and LAPS abuse.

October 31, 2025 · 5 min

VulnLab: Job2

Windows machine demonstrating macro-based phishing, hMailServer database credential recovery, lateral movement over RDP, and Veeam Backup exploitation.

October 15, 2025 · 8 min

VulnLab: Sync

Linux machine demonstrating anonymous rsync access, salted MD5 cracking, FTP-based SSH key placement, password reuse, and cronjob abuse.

May 12, 2025 · 5 min