id: privesc-lua info: name: lua - Privilege Escalation author: daffainfo severity: high description: | Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. It is often used as a scripting language for game development and other applications that require a customizable and extensible scripting interface. Lua is known for its simplicity, speed, and ease of integration with other languages and systems. reference: - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/lua/ metadata: verified: true max-request: 3 tags: code,linux,lua,privesc,local self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | lua -e 'os.execute("whoami")' - engine: - sh - bash source: | sudo lua -e 'os.execute("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: 4a0a0047304502202ed356f302529ce69de66a24987b78693c5d679a4340425ad29a76fa63db81ab022100a1157d5ab30c98ef4366d8cba600703686a43211b15ce7d17e4fc07a79db5a8f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950