id: privesc-node info: name: Node - Privilege Escalation author: daffainfo severity: high description: | Node.js is a popular open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that executes JavaScript code outside of a web browser. It is commonly used for building scalable network applications and is known for its event-driven, non-blocking I/O model. Node.js is widely used for server-side scripting and has a large ecosystem of libraries and frameworks. reference: - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/node/ metadata: verified: true tags: code,linux,node,privesc self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | node -e 'require("child_process").spawn("whoami", {stdio: [0, 1, 2]})' - engine: - sh - bash source: | sudo node -e 'require("child_process").spawn("whoami", {stdio: [0, 1, 2]})' - engine: - sh - bash source: | node -e 'process.setuid(0); require("child_process").spawn("whoami", {stdio: [0, 1, 2]})' 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")' - 'contains(code_4_response, "root")' condition: or # digest: 4a0a00473045022100dcb589afe5b82d4c95a8a103942bdfa4ffdeca24be83816bda1013e2efdb0648022067f67aba51dd433b67493daa6970d379d08bf8c91351375fac26c6c2a54f0999:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950