privilege escalation Archives

syca runs privileged commands through PAM authentication and a setuid helper, with timed authorization caching and status controls.

gasroot launches authorized commands as root through a graphical password prompt, with wheel-group checks and environment controls.

asroot runs commands as root for authorized wheel-group members, with password authentication and sanitized process environments.

sudo-rs provides memory-safe sudo and su implementations with PAM authentication, sudoers rules, secure editing and audit logging.

please delegates privileged command execution through regex or exact-match rules, timed permissions, logging and protected editing.

doas runs commands as another user through concise authorization rules, PAM authentication, environment controls and safe editing tools.

pkexec executes authorized commands as another user using polkit policies, authentication agents and a restricted execution environment.

Tag: privilege escalation