Identifier / Programs / Linux and Unix
ptx
Generate a permuted index of words from text files. tldr-pages
GTFOBins file-read 1 documented command
How ptx is abused
file-read
-wEach abuse is GTFOBins's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on GTFOBins's page for ptx.
1 documented command
file-read unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID
ptx -w 999 /path/to/input-fileThe 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 ptx. The identifier reads the line that runs ptx.
Everyday use
Generate a permuted index where the first field of each line is an index reference
ptx --references path/to/fileIdentifyGenerate a permuted index with automatically generated index references
ptx --auto-reference path/to/fileIdentifyGenerate a permuted index with a fixed width
ptx --width width_in_columns path/to/fileIdentifyNone of the 3 examples the identifier reads matches GTFOBins abuse or trips a Sigma process-creation rule.