Privilege Escalation

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Establishing a connection as an elevated user
  • Remotely bypassing Windows UAC
  • Local Linux system check for privilege escalation
  • Local Linux privilege escalation
  • Remote Linux privilege escalation
  • DirtyCOW privilege escalation for Linux

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