Identifier / Programs / Linux and Unix
red
GTFOBins file-read, file-write, shell 3 documented commands
How red is abused
file-read
file-write
shell
Each abuse is GTFOBins's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on GTFOBins's page for red.
3 documented commands
GTFOBins documents red with the commands of ed.
file-read unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID
ed /path/to/input-file
,p
qfile-write unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID
ed /path/to/output-file
a
DATA
.
w
qshell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID
ed
!/bin/sh
qNone of the 3 commands the identifier reads trips a Sigma process-creation rule. These commands are 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 red. The identifier reads the line of each that runs ed.