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Train With CyberQ Skill Pack Challenges
CyberQ Skillpacks are designed to test your skills in a variety of different challenges with limited guidance. Each challenge runs independently as its own “Self-Paced Capture the Flag.” Launching a Skill Pack challenge will reserve your very own space in our CyberQ Data Center, we will raise the Attack Console, as well as the down-range vulnerable targets for you to practice and challenge your skills.

Each challenge includes a set of distinct challenge flags, in order to solve the flags you must perform a variety of procedures in the target environment including basic host discovery, service discovery, vulnerability analysis, attack procedures, privilege escalation, and more.

Please note, this is not a learning lab. Skill packs are designed intentionally with challenges, puzzles, and preconfigured targets that will test your ability to identify, analyze, exploit, and own the targets. If you are new to Cyber and have never participated in a cyber challenge or competition, Skill packs may be too advanced. So, feel free to browse our learning products if this describes you, however, if you are ready for a challenge, enjoy solving complex puzzles and testing your limits, CyberQ challenges are a great way to hone your trade craft.
Privilege Escalation Techniques Skill Pack
This Skill Pack will challenge your skills in salient horizontal and vertical privilege escalation techniques including; Command injection, Kernel Vulnerability Exploitation, Script Injection, Privilege Escalation Script, msfvenom Privilege Escalation Exploit, Local Privilege Escalation, and Application Vulnerability Exploitation.
Each challenge contains a fully designed target network with live virtual machines, servers, web hosts, and vulnerable sites and applications. Launching a challenge will open the CyberQ Console and safely connect you to our live attack environment right through your browser. Depending on the challenge, you will land in your attack machine, either Kali or Parrot, where you will have instant access to the full suite of attack tools required to carry out your challenge. Targets are preconfigured with host and application vulnerabilities which you will uncover as you progress through the challenges. CyberQ is a fully automated Cyber Range platform providing you with a self-driven ‘Capture-the-flag‘ experience in each challenge.
Gain direct hands-on practical experience on Industry’s leading Cyber Range Platform – CyberQ. Successful Completion of this Privilege Escalation Skill Pack will gain you Job-ready Cyber skills and execution efficiency against cyber challenges.
About Privilege Escalation Skill Pack
Privileges are a security role assigned to users for using specific programs, features, OSs, functions, files or codes, etc., to limit their access by different types of users. If a user is assigned more privileges, he/she can modify or interact with more restricted parts of the system or application than less privileged users. Attackers initially gain system access with low privilege and then try to gain more privileges to perform activities restricted from less privileged users. A privilege escalation attack is the process of gaining more privileges than were initially acquired.
In a privilege escalation attack, attackers first gain access to the network using a non-admin user account and then try to gain administrative privileges. Attackers employ design flaws, programming errors, bugs, and configuration oversights in the OS and software application to gain administrative access to the network and its associated applications.
Privilege Escalation Techniques Covered in the Skill Pack
Command injection
Kernel Vulnerability Exploitation
Script Injection
Privilege Escalation Script
msfvenom Privilege Escalation Exploit
Local Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation Exploit
Application Vulnerability Exploitation
Gain related NICE skills for Privilege Escalation
Related Job Roles for Privilege Escalation
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Blue Team Technician
Red Team Technician
Computer Network Defense (CND) Auditor
Ethical Hacker
Information Security Engineer
Internal Enterprise Auditor
Penetration Tester
Network Security Engineer
Reverse Engineer
Risk/Vulnerability Analyst
Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Technician
Vulnerability Manager