basenc

Encode or decode file or stdin using a specified encoding, to stdout. tldr-pages

GTFOBins file-read 1 documented command

How basenc is abused

documented by GTFOBins

file-read

--base64

-d

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

file-read unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

basenc --base64 /path/to/input-file | basenc -d --base64

Identify

The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. This command is 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 basenc. The identifier reads the line that runs basenc.

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

Encode a file with Base64 encoding

basenc --base64 path/to/fileIdentify

Decode a file with Base64 encoding

basenc --decode --base64 path/to/fileIdentify

Encode from stdin with Base32 encoding with 42 columns

command | basenc --base32 --wrap 42Identify

None of the 3 examples the identifier reads matches GTFOBins abuse or trips a Sigma process-creation rule.

basenc

How basenc is abused

1 documented command

Everyday use

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