# TH3xACE/SUDO_KILLER

A tool designed to exploit a privilege escalation vulnerability in the sudo program on Unix-like systems. It takes advantage of a specific misconfiguration or flaw in sudo to gain elevated privileges on the system, essentially allowing a regular user to execute commands as the root user.

Repository: https://github.com/TH3xACE/SUDO_KILLER
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sudo_killer
Language: Shell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: sudo-exploitation, abuse-sudo, ctf, exploits, cve, pentest, pentest-tool, privilege-escalation, sudo, linux-exploits, misconfiguration, oscp, oscp-tools, oscp-journey, oscp-prep
Last push: 2026-03-11T14:40:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 71, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2826, "days_push": 175, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2481, forks 259 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.325627+00:00)

## What it is
SUDO_KILLER is a Shell-based security tool that audits Linux systems for sudo-related privilege escalation vectors, including misconfigurations, vulnerable sudo versions (CVEs), dangerous binaries (GTFOBINS), and risky environment variables. It provides a catalog of commands and local exploits for manual escalation rather than performing automated exploitation.

## Use cases
- find sudo misconfigurations for privilege escalation on a linux box
- identify exploitable sudo CVEs during a pentest
- prepare for OSCP or CTF privilege escalation challenges
- audit sudo rules and dangerous binaries as a system administrator
- enumerate GTFOBINS binaries that can be abused for root
- harvest credentials and detect writable script directories during an assessment

## When to choose
- you need a focused enumeration tool for sudo-based privilege escalation on Linux
- you want suggested escalation paths but prefer to exploit manually
- you are a pentester, CTF player, or student practicing Linux privesc

## When to avoid
- you need automated exploitation rather than a catalog of manual steps
- you are auditing Windows or macOS privilege escalation
- you need a general-purpose Linux enumeration tool beyond sudo (e.g., LinPEAS)

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: penetration-testing, security, vulnerability-scanning
- domain: security, penetration-testing
- platform: cli
- tags: privilege-escalation, sudo, cve, gtfobins, ctf, oscp, shell-script, linux-exploitation, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- TH3xACE/SUDO_KILLER (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.325627+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:28:13.791542+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TH3xACE/SUDO_KILLER (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.325627+00:00, sha 09d4973b8256)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.