Xargs - Privilege Escalation
ID: privesc-xargs
Severity: high
Author: daffainfo
Tags: code,linux,xargs,privesc,local
Description
Section titled “Description”xargs is a command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to build and execute command lines from standard input.
YAML Source
Section titled “YAML Source”id: privesc-xargs
info: name: Xargs - Privilege Escalation author: daffainfo severity: high description: | xargs is a command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems used to build and execute command lines from standard input. reference: - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/xargs/ metadata: verified: true max-request: 3 tags: code,linux,xargs,privesc,local
self-contained: truecode: - engine: - sh - bash source: | whoami
- engine: - sh - bash source: | xargs -a /dev/null whoami
- engine: - sh - bash source: | sudo xargs -a /dev/null whoami
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: 4a0a00473045022100c686fd9a60e663198f4932f6e1fefce20cd8ded887c8950e6d6a9d14f793af700220430c5ee15fb84c8ff50eac9f301942fbea0c85def62bb6762fda01bc5999da0a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950Guide 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.
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "code/privilege-escalation/linux/binary/privesc-xargs.yaml"