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Stuck on OSCP privilege escalation — enumeration blind spots?

Luca MorettiRising

2026-05-16

I can get a foothold but keep missing the priv-esc path on the harder boxes. What enumeration am I probably skipping?

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Tomás RiveraMentor roleExpert Signal tier✓ Accepted answer Community Favorite2026-05-19
Run enumeration you can read later, not scroll past. Pipe linpeas to a file, then grep it methodically: SUID, cron, writable service binaries, cleartext creds in configs. 90% of missed paths are in output you already have.
- Luca MorettiRising Signal tier2026-05-22
  The "read it later" reframe fixed it. I was scrolling past the answer live. Passed my next two lab boxes.
Viktor HaleMentor roleContributor Signal tier2026-05-20
Add: check kernel version against exploit-db LAST, not first. Chasing a kernel exploit early is the classic time sink. Misconfig > kernel on the exam.