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   Hal Pomeranz (hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 23:40:23 JST Hal Pomeranz

   You have access to the vim text editor via sudo, but shell escapes are blocked. How do you escalate privileges to get an unfettered root shell without sudo?

   #Linux #DFIR #CommandLine #Trivia

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     Ann K. (piquant00@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 23:42:21 JST Ann K.

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     @hal_pomeranz Edit /etc/sudoers?

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     Steve Gibson :cupofcoffee: (steve@rooty.tooty.org)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 23:45:10 JST Steve Gibson :cupofcoffee:

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     @hal_pomeranz
     Edit /etc/passwd and change your UID to 0

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 11:34:02 JST silverwizard

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     • Scott Leggett :fedi: :golang:
     @hal_pomeranz @smlx It means you can do the obvious thing of !sh or whatever, means you need to mostly use vi as intended rather than as a shell
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     Scott Leggett :fedi: :golang: (smlx@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 11:34:07 JST Scott Leggett :fedi: :golang:

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     @hal_pomeranz

     > shell escapes are blocked

     what does this mean?