getent

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GTFOBins privilege-escalation 1 documented command

How getent is abused

documented by GTFOBins

privilege-escalation

shadow

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

privilege-escalation with sudo, as SUID

This allows to dump password hashes from the /etc/shadow file.

getent shadow

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 getent. The identifier reads the line that runs getent.

Everyday use

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Get list of all groups

getent groupIdentify

See the members of a group

getent group group_nameIdentify

Get list of all services

getent servicesIdentify

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

getent

How getent is abused

1 documented command

Everyday use

Other programs abused for privilege-escalation