How To Install unix-privesc-check on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install unix-privesc-check on Kali Linux. unix-privesc-check is Script to check for simple privilege escalation vectors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unix-privesc-check on Kali Linux.

What is unix-privesc-check

unix-privesc-check is:

Unix-privesc-checker is a script that runs on Unix systems (tested on Solaris 9, HPUX 11, Various Linuxes, FreeBSD 6.2). It tries to find misconfigurations that could allow local unprivileged users to escalate privileges to other users or to access local apps (e.g. databases).

It is written as a single shell script so it can be easily uploaded and run (as opposed to un-tarred, compiled and installed). It can run either as a normal user or as root (obviously it does a better job when running as root because it can read more files).

There are three methods to install unix-privesc-check on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install unix-privesc-check Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install unix-privesc-check using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install unix-privesc-check

Install unix-privesc-check Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install unix-privesc-check using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install unix-privesc-check

Install unix-privesc-check Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install unix-privesc-check using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install unix-privesc-check

How To Uninstall unix-privesc-check on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the unix-privesc-check package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove unix-privesc-check

Uninstall unix-privesc-check And Its Dependencies

To uninstall unix-privesc-check and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove unix-privesc-check

Remove unix-privesc-check Configurations and Data

To remove unix-privesc-check configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge unix-privesc-check

Remove unix-privesc-check configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove unix-privesc-check configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge unix-privesc-check

Dependencies

unix-privesc-check have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unix-privesc-check package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.