Capture the FlagMedium
Cap It Off
Lab for Linux Capabilities for Privilege Escalation
Scenario
Capabilities are SUID's fine-grained cousin, and one on the wrong binary is still root. Enumerate every file with capabilities, spot the dangerous one, and use the access it grants to read the root-only flag.
Objective
Enumerate file capabilities, find the dangerous one, and read the root flag it grants.
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