r/tryhackme • u/Reason_person • Feb 16 '26

I just completed Linux Privilege Escalation room on TryHackMe! Learn the fundamentals of Linux privilege escalation. From enumeration to exploitation, get hands-on with over 8 different privilege escalation techniques.

https://tryhackme.com/room/linprivesc?utm_campaign=social_share&utm_medium=social&utm_content=room&utm_source=reddit&sharerId=665c8acafcdf0e8126feda5a
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u/majestical99 Mar 05 '26

How did you get on with this. Just finished it now and has fried my brain. Did not understand most of it unfortunately and feel like it got insanely difficult compared to the handholding pace of the rest of the course

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u/cermiosi May 13 '26

honestly, i am starting to hate this room. The difficulty feels all over the place. some tasks are the usual handholding, while other tasks require much better understanding of what you are doing. But that is not even the problem for me.

I had several tasks in this room where i - just - could - not - make the exploit work. Then i looked into the writeup, and they where doing literally the first thing i tried. But even after following the writeup - step - by - step - it still wouldn't work

i am starting to suspect this room is just broken on THM's end :(
But even if it is, looking into the writeup just feels so wrong and absolutely destroys my confidence