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Ch3ckm4t3
A small, self-built Linux privilege escalation challenge (difficulty: easy-medium).
No web exploitation, no pivoting/tunneling, no external exploits - purely classic PrivEsc.
Setup
- Download the
ch3ckm4t3.7zand extract it - Load the
.ovain virtualbox - Connect via
ssh- Username:
bishop - Password:
bishop
- Username:
Goal
Gain root access on the machine.
Not Allowed
- LinPEAS or automated enumerators
- Kernel exploits (working kernel exploits will crash the VM.)
Notes
- Designed for OSCP-style practice
- Purely educational; do not use on systems you don’t own
- Tested in VirtualBox (OVA)