After you’ve popped a shell on an OSCP machine, chances are you are going to need to escalate your privileges before getting that sweet root.txt. I’ve noticed that a lot of PWK students tend to struggle with privilege escalation on Windows and Linux, including myself. Here are some mind maps that I have created to aid with this knowledge gap. I’ve also created videos to show off some of these privilege escalation methods in detail.
Note: These are originally from the OSCP Windows Privilege Escalation Methodology and OSCP Linux Privilege Escalation Methodology videos I put…
