--- title: HackTheBox Academy: Privilege Escalation | daily.dev description: This post discusses the concept of privilege escalation in cybersecurity and provides a step-by-step demonstration of privilege escalation on a Linux system... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/hackthebox-academy-privilege-escalation-yjpeuugjq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: HackTheBox Academy: Privilege Escalation | daily.dev og:description: This post discusses the concept of privilege escalation in cybersecurity and provides a step-by-step demonstration of privilege escalation on a Linux system... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/hackthebox-academy-privilege-escalation-yjpeuugjq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YJpEUugjq.png og:image:alt: HackTheBox Academy: Privilege Escalation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # HackTheBox Academy: Privilege Escalation **[InfoSec Write-ups](https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post discusses the concept of privilege escalation in cybersecurity and provides a step-by-step demonstration of privilege escalation on a Linux system using the HackTheBox Academy platform. It covers methods used by attackers, the use of GTFOBin for privilege escalation, and the process of gaining access as root through SSH keys. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#pentesting](https://daily.dev/tags/pentesting) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/hackthebox-academy-privilege-escalation-yjpeuugjq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"HackTheBox Academy: Privilege Escalation","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackthebox-academy-privilege-escalation-yjpeuugjq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackthebox-academy-privilege-escalation-yjpeuugjq"},"datePublished":"2024-05-10T05:05:00.841Z","dateModified":"2024-05-10T05:04:59.145Z","description":"This post discusses the concept of privilege escalation in cybersecurity and provides a step-by-step demonstration of privilege escalation on a Linux system...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f7643b05ff1b31ba4b92118d37b2a20a?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f7643b05ff1b31ba4b92118d37b2a20a?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoSec Write-ups","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoSec Write-ups","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/f0dc21b5bbfd46fda36f7b4b53dd1705","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/hackthebox-academy-privilege-escalation-yjpeuugjq","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cyber,linux,pentesting","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoSec Write-ups","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infosecwriteups"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"HackTheBox Academy: Privilege Escalation"}]} ```