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rake

A Make-like program for Ruby. Tasks for rake are specified in a Rakefile. tldr-pages

GTFOBins file-read, inherit 2 documented commands

How rake is abused

documented by GTFOBins

file-read

-f

inherit

-p

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

2 documented commands

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

file-read unprivileged, with sudo

The file is actually parsed and the first wrong line is returned in an error message.

rake -f /path/to/input-file

Identify

inherit unprivileged, with sudo

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

rake -p '...'

Identify

None of the 2 commands the identifier reads trips a Sigma process-creation rule. These commands are, 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 rake. The identifier reads the line of each that runs rake.

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

Run the default Rakefile task

rakeIdentify

Run a specific task

rake taskIdentify

Execute n jobs at a time in parallel (number of CPU cores + 4 by default)

rake --jobs nIdentify

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

rake

How rake is abused

2 documented commands

Everyday use

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