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File Capability Privilege Escalation

Linux file capabilities can grant one binary more power than intended. Drill finding and abusing that mistake.

Enumerate file capabilities, identify the binary that can become root through cap_setuid, and adapt the primitive to read the flag.

Each rep changes the capable binary and account context, so the exercise stays focused on recognition instead of one memorized command.

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File Capability Privilege Escalation

Linux file capabilities can grant one binary more power than intended. Drill finding and abusing that mistake.

Objective

Recover the flag at /root/flag.txt and submit it.

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