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privilege-escalation skillC

privilege-escalation is agent-read markdown (skill) from iuliandita/skills: Assess authorized Linux privilege escalation, container escapes, and post-exploitation paths in pentests and CTFs..

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What the file says

# Privilege Escalation and Post-Exploitation Assessment

Systematic privilege escalation methodology for authorized security assessments, CTF
challenges, and penetration testing engagements. Covers Linux systems, containers, Kubernetes
clusters, VPN infrastructure, and IaC credential exposure.

This skill is offensive - it assumes you have initial access and guides escalation to higher
privileges. For defensive hardening and vulnerability scanning, use the **security-audit** skill
instead.

## When to use

- Authorized penetration testing engagements (with written scope)
- CTF challenges and security training labs (HTB, THM, PG, etc.)
- Post-exploitation enumeration after gaining initial shell access
- Red team exercises with defined rules of engagement
- Assessing your own infrastructure for privilege escalation paths
- Container escape and Kubernetes RBAC abuse testing
- VPN credential extraction and lateral movement assessment

## When NOT to use

- Defensive security reviews or hardening (use **security-audit**)
- Application code vulnerability scanning / SAST (use **security-audit**)
- VPN setup, configuration, or troubleshooting (use **networking**)
…

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How to install

Latest version
mdr add iuliandita/skills/privilege-escalation@git:20260920.ebf9a3d
Exact content
mdr add iuliandita/skills/privilege-escalation@sha256:77fd83c40f484c22

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Audit of the latest version

C  15 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • fail: No instruction to read or print local credentials (matched: cat ~/.aws)
  • fail: No link to a raw IP address (matched: http://169.254.169.254)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (20024 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

iuliandita/skills · 7 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kffermtx4supebdu
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=iuliandita/skills/privilege-escalation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/77fd83c40f484c225601495cd3f106d7470b37394a023c7209ce9b73b5f4e568

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