plymouth

GTFOBins shell 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command

How plymouth is abused

documented by GTFOBins

shell T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

ask-for-password

--prompt

--command

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

shell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

plymouth ask-for-password --prompt=x --command=/bin/sh

Identify

As SUID:

plymouth ask-for-password --prompt=x --command='/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 plymouth. The identifier reads the line that runs plymouth.

What detects it

Sigma process creation rules

T1059.004Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

plymouth

How plymouth is abused

1 documented command

What detects it

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