Traitor is a Linux privilege escalation framework and automated root exploit suite. It provides specialized utilities for scanning system misconfigurations and deploying automated exploit scripts on local Linux hosts to elevate user privileges to the root level.
The tool identifies insecure system setups and binary vulnerabilities, such as GTFOBins, to map potential routes for gaining root access. It automates the process of discovering and exploiting these local vulnerabilities through targeted exploit execution and the deployment of sequential scripts.
The system covers vulnerability assessment and local system exploitation. This includes heuristic scanning for misconfigurations, vulnerability mapping, and the automated execution of payloads to establish a root shell.