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alpine

An email client and Usenet newsgroup program with a pico/nano-inspired interface. Supports most modern email services through IMAP. tldr-pages

GTFOBins file-read 1 documented command

How alpine is abused

documented by GTFOBins

file-read

-F

Each abuse is GTFOBins's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on GTFOBins's page for alpine.

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

file-read unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

The file is displayed in the terminal interface. Other options might be available, for example, by pressing S is possible to save the file content elsewhere.

alpine -F /path/to/input-file

Identify

The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. This command is, with GTFOBins’ notes, from GTFOBins, at commit acd524623f9c of 2026-05-27, under the GPL-3.0, with no warranty. Changed: Markdown is shown formatted. The source is in lolbas-gtfobins-commands.json.gz, and the full entry is on GTFOBins’s page for alpine. The identifier reads the line that runs alpine.

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

Open alpine normally

alpineIdentify

Open alpine directly to the message composition screen to send an email to a given email address

alpine email@example.netIdentify

Quit alpine

<q><y>

None of the 2 examples the identifier reads matches GTFOBins abuse or trips a Sigma process-creation rule.

alpine

How alpine is abused

1 documented command

Everyday use

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