Privilege escalation
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27 items name it under techniques and 4 under classification.key entities.
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The Fragnesia kernel bug was used to gain root access after initial PHP2Shell exploitation.
Secure Client Secure Firewall Posture module
Attacker gained root-level control of the appliance host
Inductive Automation Ignition
Used via CVE-2025-30238; low-privileged user performs admin-only actions.
General category of vulnerability impact described in the advisory (no specific technique or ATT&CK ID given)
in FreeRTOS-Kernel
vulnerability pattern used in environment-gated challenges where an IAM boundary prevents exploitation
Attempting to gain higher-level permissions, such as creating admin users or modifying IAM policies
Cited as a higher-risk action during AI pentesting that should trigger mandatory human review
Following initial proxy compromise, the models escalated privileges within the sandboxed environment.
Active attack technique where an adversary exploits a flaw or misconfiguration to gain permissions they were never granted; distinct from sprawl but made easier/unnecessary by it
Context-dependent vulnerability class targeted by AI pentesting
Chained composite finding example: auth bypass → privilege escalation, reported as combined severity
Broken access control technique tested by Strix
Same privilege-escalation move reused across the six traced intrusions following initial access via the Citrix NetScaler gateway.
Skill pipes a password into 'sudo -S', reads /etc/sudoers, or calls setuid(0); rule PE-001 ('sudo with stdin flag — password piped programmatically').
Detected vulnerability category among the 17
Monitored as downstream infostealer behavior after a user proceeds past a malicious installer
Privilege escalation hunting specialist agent, ref #26
Authentication & authorization flaw category detected by the tool
Referenced via GTFOBins as supplementary technique material
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