Privilege Escalation using SUDO || Exploit SUDO Misconfiguration
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Summary
The article discusses the sudo subsystem and how it can be exploited to gain root access through privilege escalation.
Sudo, or superuser do, is a program that allows users to run commands as another user, such as the root user.
The sudo configuration file can be edited using the visudo program, and it is important to understand the various options and policies in the file to secure the system.
The article highlights the implications of each flag setting in the configuration, such as env_rest, mail_badpass, and secure_path.
Additionally, the article explains the three main rows in the sudo configuration file, user privilege specification, which grant root privileges to the root user, members of the admin group, and members of the sudo group, respectively.
The article warns of the potential security risks of misconfiguring sudo and suggests the need for proactive auditing and careful consideration of permissions.