id: privesc-vi info: name: Vi - Privilege Escalation author: daffainfo severity: high description: | vi is a classic text editor in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is known for its modal editing capabilities and is often used for editing configuration files, scripts, and other text-based content in a terminal environment. reference: - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/vi/ metadata: verified: true max-request: 3 tags: code,linux,vi,privesc,local self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | vi -c '!whoami' - engine: - sh - bash source: | sudo vi -c '!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: 490a0046304402203b4c6367774f4a6a195f7a1d884128f82a9a56209babeda7f9e3dd7d86b17a840220610ff4b54867dd54875c5830709819f89b5ac947821bf90200b49c561e1fd260:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950