Identifier / Programs / Linux and Unix
scrot
Screen capture utility. tldr-pages
GTFOBins shell 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command
How scrot is abused
shell T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell
-eEach abuse is GTFOBins's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on GTFOBins's page for scrot.
1 documented command
shell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID
scrot -e /bin/shThe 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 scrot. The identifier reads the line that runs scrot.
What detects it
Everyday use
Capture a screenshot and save it to the current directory with the current date as the filename
scrotIdentifyCapture a screenshot and save it as capture.png
scrot capture.pngIdentifyCapture a screenshot interactively
scrot --selectIdentifyNone of the 3 examples the identifier reads matches GTFOBins abuse or trips a Sigma process-creation rule.