Ceplin Command Identifier

Identifier / Programs / Linux and Unix

knife

Interact with a Chef server from a local Chef repo. tldr-pages

GTFOBins inherit 1 documented command

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How knife is abused

documented by GTFOBins

inherit

exec

-E

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

inherit unprivileged, with sudo

This allows to run Ruby code (...).

knife exec -E '...'
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 knife. The identifier reads the line that runs knife.

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

Bootstrap a new node

knife bootstrap fqdn_or_ipIdentify

List all registered nodes

knife node listIdentify

Show a node

knife node show node_nameIdentify

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