jondonas/linux-exploit-suggester-2

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1973 stars · 299 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Perl script that suggests Linux kernel privilege escalation exploits based on the running kernel version. It matches the kernel release against a database of known CVEs and can download exploit proof-of-concept code directly from Exploit DB.

Use cases

• find privilege escalation exploits for my linux kernel version
• suggest kernel exploits during a pentest
• check if my kernel is vulnerable to dirty cow
• download exploit POCs from exploit db for a kernel
• enumerate possible local privilege escalation CVEs on a box
• identify exploitable kernel vulnerabilities in an exam environment

When to choose

• you need a quick, dependency-light check for kernel privilege escalation vectors on a Linux host
• you are doing CTF or OSCP-style labs and want exploit suggestions with CVE links
• you want to automatically fetch matching exploit code from Exploit DB

When to avoid

• you need comprehensive vulnerability scanning beyond kernel exploits
• you require guaranteed accuracy, since back-ported patches can fool the wildcard matching
• you need a maintained tool with regular exploit updates, as releases are infrequent

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

security penetration-testing cli security penetration-testing operating-systems cli privilege-escalation kernel-exploits exploit-suggester cve vulnerability-assessment pentesting command-line linux perl

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