espeak

A multi-lingual software speech synthesizer. tldr-pages

GTFOBins file-read 1 documented command

How espeak is abused

documented by GTFOBins

file-read

-qXf

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

file-read unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

The file content appears in the middle of other textual information as phonemes.

espeak -qXf /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 espeak. The identifier reads the line that runs espeak.

Everyday use

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Speak a phrase aloud

espeak "text"Identify

Speak text from stdin

echo "text" | espeakIdentify

Speak the contents of a file

espeak -f path/to/fileIdentify

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

espeak

How espeak is abused

1 documented command

Everyday use

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