msgmerge

Update an existing translation file from a new template. tldr-pages

GTFOBins file-read 1 documented command

How msgmerge is abused

documented by GTFOBins

file-read

-P

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

file-read unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

The file is parsed and displayed as a Java .properties file.

msgmerge -P /path/to/input-file /dev/null

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 msgmerge. The identifier reads the line that runs msgmerge.

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

Update a translation file

msgmerge --update path/to/file.po path/to/messages.potIdentify

Display help

msgmerge --helpIdentify

None of the 2 examples the identifier reads matches GTFOBins abuse or trips a Sigma process-creation rule.

msgmerge

How msgmerge is abused

1 documented command

Everyday use

Other programs abused for file-read