Clear it in 3 steps
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Start the environment
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Investigate the target
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Submit the flag
A specific binary on this system has Linux capabilities assigned to it. Investigate a privilege escalation technique that relies on capabilities rather than the SUID bit.
getcap -r / recursively finds files with capabilities assigned
Watch out for interpreters with cap_setuid assigned
A call like os.setuid(0) may grant root privileges