id: privesc-vim info: name: Vim - Privilege Escalation author: daffainfo severity: high description: | Vim is a highly configurable, modal text editor based on the vi editor. reference: - https://gtfobins.github.io/gtfobins/vim/ metadata: verified: true max-request: 3 tags: code,linux,vim,privesc,local self-contained: true code: - engine: - sh - bash source: | whoami - engine: - sh - bash source: | vim -c '!whoami' - engine: - sh - bash source: | sudo vim -c '!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: 4a0a00473045022100e48b5cbc8de2580f705670e12b7323e839dbe936de0868445a43e927aa049b9f0220370a556d8f4e7308bc742cbf16a52e63eb4f383f1c71611cd2d3732bfc8bd70e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950