ispell

Interactive spell checking. tldr-pages

GTFOBins shell 1 documented command

How ispell is abused

documented by GTFOBins

shell

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

shell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

ispell /etc/hosts
!/bin/sh

Identify

As SUID:

ispell /etc/hosts
!/bin/sh -p

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 ispell. The identifier reads the line that runs ispell.

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

Start an interactive session

ispellIdentify

Check for typos in the specified file and interactively apply suggestions

ispell path/to/fileIdentify

Display version

ispell -vIdentify

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

ispell

How ispell is abused

1 documented command

Everyday use

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