id: privesc-timeout info: name: Timeout - Privilege Escalation author: daffainfo severity: high description: | The timeout command is used to run a command with a specified time limit. It is commonly used to prevent a command from running indefinitely and to enforce a time restriction on its execution. reference: - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/timeout/ metadata: verified: true tags: code,linux,timeout,privesc self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | timeout 7d whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | sudo timeout 7d 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