Unix5 abuse funcs
gawkgawk
Platform
Unix
Abuse functions
5
Description
gawk is a Unix living-off-the-land binary catalogued by the GTFOBins. Documented abuse functions: bind-shell, file-read, file-write, reverse-shell, shell. Mapped ATT&CK techniques (per LOLBAS / GTFOBins → MITRE crosswalk): T1005, T1059, T1071, T1565. Defenders should monitor execution of gawk under non-administrative or sudo contexts and alert when its arguments match the abuse-function signatures.
Abuse functions· 5
bind-shell
sudosuidunprivileged
file-read
sudosuidunprivileged
file-write
sudosuidunprivileged
reverse-shell
sudosuidunprivileged
shell
sudosuidunprivileged
Abuses4
| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technique | Application Layer Protocolt1071 | 100% | live |
| Technique | Data Manipulationt1565 | 100% | live |
| Technique | Data from Local Systemt1005 | 100% | live |
| Technique | Command and Scripting Interpretert1059 | 90% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
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