pidstat

Show system resource usage, including CPU, memory, IO etc. tldr-pages

GTFOBins shell 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command

How pidstat is abused

documented by GTFOBins

shell T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

-e

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

shell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

pidstat -e /bin/sh

Identify

As SUID:

pidstat -e /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 pidstat. The identifier reads the line that runs pidstat.

What detects it

Sigma process creation rules

T1059.004Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

Everyday use

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Show CPU statistics at a 2 second interval for 10 times

pidstat 2 10Identify

Show page faults and memory utilization

pidstat -rIdentify

Show input/output usage per process ID

pidstat -dIdentify

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

pidstat

How pidstat is abused

1 documented command

What detects it

Everyday use

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