internal/skills/catalog/find/SKILL.md
# find — File System Search ## Category File Integrity & Verification ## License GPLv3+ (GNU findutils) ## Source https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils (included in all Linux distributions) ## Purpose Search for files matching specific criteria — permissions, ownership, timestamps, types. ## Use Cases - Find SUID/SGID binaries (potential privilege escalation vectors) - Detect world-writable files and directories - Find recently modified files during investigations - Locate orphaned files w
npx skillsauth add ggp1/mitiga internal/skills/catalog/findInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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File Integrity & Verification
GPLv3+ (GNU findutils)
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils (included in all Linux distributions)
Search for files matching specific criteria — permissions, ownership, timestamps, types.
# Find all SUID binaries
find / -perm -4000 -type f 2>/dev/null
# Find world-writable files (excluding /proc)
find / -perm -0002 -type f -not -path '/proc/*' 2>/dev/null
# Find files modified since a timestamp
find /etc -newer /etc/baseline_timestamp -type f
# Find files owned by a specific user
find / -user suspicious_user -type f 2>/dev/null
# Find SGID directories
find / -perm -2000 -type d 2>/dev/null
-exec cautiously — never pass untrusted input to -exec commands.development
# who / w — Logged-in Users ## Category User & Group Management ## License GPLv3+ (GNU coreutils) / GPLv2 (procps-ng) ## Source Included in all Linux distributions. ## Purpose Show who is currently logged in and what they are doing. ## Use Cases - Detect unauthorized active sessions - Monitor interactive logins in real-time - Identify login sources (IP, terminal) - Review idle times for active sessions ## Examples ```bash # All login information who -a # Currently logged-in users with act
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# useradd / usermod / userdel — User Account Management ## Category User & Group Management ## License BSD-3-Clause (shadow-utils) ## Source https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow (included in all Linux distributions) ## Purpose Create, modify, and delete user accounts. ## Use Cases - Create service accounts for Mitiga components - Modify user group memberships - Disable or remove compromised accounts - Audit account configurations ## Examples ```bash # Create a system service account (no
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# ufw — Uncomplicated Firewall ## Category System Hardening ## License GPLv3 ## Source https://code.launchpad.net/ufw (included in Ubuntu/Debian) ## Purpose Simplified interface for managing iptables/nftables rules. ## Use Cases - Quick firewall status checks - Rule modifications on systems using ufw - Block malicious sources during incident response ## Examples ```bash # Show firewall status and rules ufw status verbose # Block a malicious IP ufw deny from <malicious_ip> # Allow a speci
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# trivy — Comprehensive Vulnerability Scanner ## Category Vulnerability Scanning ## License Apache 2.0 ## Source https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy (CNCF project) ## Purpose Scan filesystems, container images, Git repositories, and IaC configurations for known vulnerabilities (CVEs), misconfigurations, and exposed secrets. ## Use Cases - Audit project dependencies for known CVEs - Scan configuration files for misconfigurations - Detect embedded secrets in repositories - Scan container im