Linux Privilege escalation, OSCP, Privilege Escalation Techniques, Vim/Vi SUDO

VIM OR VI as SUDO

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🔓 Privilege escalation with Vim/Vi when running as SUDO One of the classic privilege escalation vectors on Linux appears when a user has permission to run vim or vi with sudo (for example, via an entry in /etc/sudoers like (ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/vim). Although at first glance it may seem like a harmless permission -“it can […]