How does an attacker escalate privileges via SUID misconfigurations

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I am studying privilege escalation techniques on Linux and want to understand how attackers exploit misconfigured SUID binaries. My questions are:

  • What are the common SUID misconfigurations that lead to privilege escalation?
  • How can an attacker use existing binaries (e.g., find, awk, vim) to gain root access?
  • What are the best ways to detect and mitigate these misconfigurations?
    A real-world example of an SUID exploit, along with its remediation, would be useful.
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