id: privesc-choom info: name: choom - Privilege Escalation author: daffainfo severity: high description: | choom is a command-line utility in Linux that allows users to change the memory limits of a process. It can be used for privilege escalation by manipulating the memory limits of a process to gain elevated privileges. reference: - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/choom/ metadata: max-request: 3 verified: true tags: code,linux,choom,privesc,local self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | choom -n 0 whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | sudo choom -n 0 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: 4a0a0047304502203b1238ca7d9be64f51e9162022deaf76b02898053cbb3511377e76228d3d79ef0221008b6aa349a17b0a16a0d0949f1797c8e111d2498185b88fe99c326c60c59167c9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950