Ceplin Command Identifier

Identifier / Programs / Linux and Unix

ssh-agent

Spawn an SSH Agent process. tldr-pages

GTFOBins shell 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command

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How ssh-agent is abused

documented by GTFOBins

shell T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

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

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

shell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

ssh-agent /bin/sh
Identify

As SUID:

ssh-agent /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 ssh-agent. The identifier reads the line that runs ssh-agent.

What detects it

Sigma process creation rules
T1059.004Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

Start an SSH Agent for the current shell

eval $(ssh-agent)Identify

Kill the currently running agent

ssh-agent -kIdentify

None of the 2 examples the identifier reads matches GTFOBins abuse or trips a Sigma process-creation rule.

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