Linux Exploitation and Privilege Escalation CPENT Practice Questions (Page 10)

Questions 46–48

1. 46foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a common Linux privilege escalation vector that involves files or directories being writable by a lower-privileged user but executed or read by a higher-privileged process?

   • AKernel vulnerability exploitation
   • BUnpatched service vulnerability
   • CWeak password hashing algorithm
   • DMisconfiguration of file permissions or ownership
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2. 47application · medium

   You have sudo rights to run 'vim' as root on a Linux host. Which command would you use to spawn a root shell?

   • Asudo vim -c ':w /etc/passwd'
   • Bsudo vim -c ':!/bin/bash'
   • Csudo vim /etc/shadow
   • Dsudo vim -c ':q'
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3. 48foundation · easy

   Which command displays the Linux kernel version on a target system?

   • Alsb_release -a
   • Bhostname
   • Cuname -r
   • Dcat /etc/os-release
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