Exploitation

Command Injection Methods

Injection Operator

Injection Character

URL-Encoded Character

Executed Command

Semicolon

;

%3b

Both

New Line

\n

%0a

Both

Background

&

%26

Both (second output generally shown first)

Pipe

|

%7c

Both (only second output is shown)

AND

&&

%26%26

Both (only if first succeeds)

OR

||

%7c%7c

Second (only if first fails)

Sub-Shell

``

%60%60

Both (Linux-only)

Sub-Shell

$()

%24%28%29

Both (Linux-only)

If we detect the system is sending commands, we can use any of the above operators to append other command.

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