The read file content is corrupted by replacing occurrences of $'\b_'
to terminal sequences and by converting tabs to spaces.
It reads data from files, it may be used to do privileged reads or disclose files outside a restricted file system.
It runs with the SUID bit set and may be exploited to access the file
system, escalate or maintain access with elevated privileges working as a
SUID backdoor. If it is used to run sh -p
, omit the -p
argument on systems
like Debian that allow the default sh
shell to run with SUID privileges.
It runs in privileged context and may be used to access the file system,
escalate or maintain access with elevated privileges if enabled on sudo
.