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Finding setuid binaries in Linux

LinuxPermissions & Ownershipsetuidadvanced

What this snippet does

A setuid binary runs as its owner, so an unexpected one is a privilege-escalation risk.

Expected output

/usr/bin/sudo
/usr/bin/passwd

Why practise typing this

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