LLMs as Hackers: Autonomous Linux Privilege Escalation Attacks

Published in EMSE , arxiv version : Penetration-testing is crucial for identifying system vulnerabilities, with privilege-escalation being a critical subtask to gain elevated access to protected resources. Language Models (LLMs) presents new avenues for automating these security practices by emulating human behavior. However, a comprehensive understanding of LLMs&rsquo; efficacy and limitations in…