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Rootend : A *Nix Enumerator And Auto Privilege Escalation Tool

Rootend is a python *nix Enumerator & Auto Privilege Escalation tool.

For a full list of our tools, please visit our website https://www.twelvesec.com/

Written by:

  • nickvourd (twitter)
  • maldevel (twitter)
  • servo

Usage

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rootend v.2.0.2 – Enumeration & Automation Privilege Escalation tool.
rootend is an open source tool licensed under GPLv3.
Affected systems: *nix.
Written by: @nickvourd of @twelvesec.
Special thanks to @maldevel & servo.
https://www.twelvesec.com/
Please visit https://github.com/twelvesec/rootend for more..
optional arguments:
-h, –help show this help message and exit
-v, –version show version and exit
-a, –auto automated privilege escalation process
-m, –manual system enumeration
-n, –nocolor disable color
-b, –banner show banner and exit
-s, –suid suid binary enumeration
-w, –weak weak permissions of files enumeration
-p, –php PHP configuration files enumeration
-c, –capabilities capabilities enumeration
-f, –full-writables world writable files enumeration
usage examples:
./rootend.py -a
./rootend.py -m
./rootend.py -v
./rootend.py -b
Specific categories usage examples:
./rootend.py -a -s
./rootend.py -m -w
./rootend.py -a -s -p
./rootend.py -m -w -c -p
./rootend.py -a -s -c -p -f
*Use the above arguments with -n to disable color.

Version

2.0.2

Supports

  • Python 2.x
  • Python 3.x

Tested on

  • Python 2.7.18rc1
  • Python 3.8.2

Modes

  • Manual
  • Auto

Exploitation Categories

Suid Binaries

  • General Suids
  • Suids for reading files
  • Suids for creating file as root
  • Limited Suids
  • Custom Suids

Weak Permissions

  • /etc/passwd
  • /etc/shadow
  • apache2.conf
  • httpd.conf
  • redis.conf
  • /root

Weak Ownership

  • /etc/passwd
  • /etc/shadow
  • apache2.conf
  • httpd.conf
  • redis.conf
  • /root

Capabilities

  • General Capabilities
  • Custom Capabilities
  • With CAP_SETUID

Interesting Files

  • PHP Configuration Files
  • World Writable Files
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