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Automated Privilege Escalation
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``pwncat`` has the ability to attempt automated privilege escalation methods. A number of methods are implemented by
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default such as:
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* Set UID Binaries
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* Sudo (with and without password)
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* screen (CVE-2017-5618)
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* DirtyCOW
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Each of these methods utilize the capabilities of the GTFOBins module. The GTFOBins module provides a programmatic
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interface to gtfobins_. Each privilege escalation module implements shell, file read or file write capabilities.
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``pwncat`` will leverage these to get shell access as the specified user. ``pwncat`` does this by trying the following
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methods with the provided capabilities:
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* Executing a shell (the simplest option)
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* Reading user private keys and ssh-ing to localhost
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* Writing private keys
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* Implanting a backdoor user in /etc/passwd (if file-write as root is available)
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If ``pwncat`` does not find a method of gaining access as the specified user directly, it will attempt to escalate to
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any other user it can recursively to attempt to find a path to the requested user.
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Invoking Privilege Escalation
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-----------------------------
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Privilege escalation is implemented utilizing ``pwncat`` modules. These modules can be run individually
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if desired or you can utilize the ``escalate.auto`` module which will recursively search for a path
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to a desired user.
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The ``escalate.auto`` module by default simply lists the escalation techniques which were found for the
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current user. To actually escalate to a new user, you can use the ``exec`` option. This option will
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go through every possible user and attempt to escalate. It then keeps attempting escalation until it finds
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a path to the requested user recursively.
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Escalation modules also implement ``read`` and ``write`` modes which attempt to read or write a file
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as the specified user. All three of ``read``, ``write``, and ``exec`` are also supported by every
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individual escalation module.
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.. code-block:: bash
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# Locate and list available techniques as the current user
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(local) pwncat$ run escalate.auto
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# Attempt automated escalation to the specified user
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(local) pwncat$ run escalate.auto exec user=root shell=/bin/bash
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# Attempt automated escalation to root with the current shell
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(local) pwncat$ run escalate.auto exec
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# Read /etc/shadow with the escalate.sudo module
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(local) pwncat$ run escalate.sudo read user=root path=/etc/shadow
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# Write a file as root
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(local) pwncat$ run escalate.auto write user=root path=/tmp/test data="hello world!"
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.. _gtfobins: https://gtfobins.github.io
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