Linux Privilege Escalation Check Script

[Details:]

Originally forked from the linuxprivchecker.py (Mike Czumak), this script is intended to be executed locally on a Linux box to enumerate basic system info and search for common privilege escalation vectors such as word writable files, misconfigurations, clear-text password and applicable exploits.

[Maintainer]:

Mike Merrill (linted) -- https://github.com/linted

[Contributors]:

James Hogan (5aru) -- https://github.com/5aru Ali Kaba -- https://github.com/alibkaba

[Original Author]:

Mike Czumak (T_v3rn1x) -- @SecuritySift

[Modification, Distribution, and Attribution]:

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The software must maintain original author attribution and may not be sold or incorporated into any commercial offering.

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