Update lib/msf/core/post/linux/user.rb

h00die · jvoisin · web-flow · commit 83a6e8260345 · 2025-07-15T16:29:22.000-04:00
Co-authored-by: Julien Voisin &lt;jvoisin@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/lib/msf/core/post/linux/user.rb b/lib/msf/core/post/linux/user.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module User
         # Returns a string of the user's home directory
         #
         def get_home_dir(user)
-          cmd_exec("/bin/cat /etc/passwd | grep '^#{user}:' | cut -d ':' -f 6").chomp
+          cmd_exec("grep '^#{user}:' /etc/passwd | cut -d ':' -f 6").chomp
           # could also be: "getent passwd #{user} | cut -d: -f6"
         end
         # User

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module User`
`8`	`8`	`# Returns a string of the user's home directory`
`9`	`9`	`#`
`10`	`10`	`def get_home_dir(user)`
`11`		`- cmd_exec("/bin/cat /etc/passwd \| grep '^#{user}:' \| cut -d ':' -f 6").chomp`
	`11`	`+ cmd_exec("grep '^#{user}:' /etc/passwd \| cut -d ':' -f 6").chomp`
`12`	`12`	`# could also be: "getent passwd #{user} \| cut -d: -f6"`
`13`	`13`	`end`
`14`	`14`	`# User`