Shell

The following shell interface is provided to facilitate exploitation of CBXP by shell callers.

 

The Shell Interface for CBXP downloaded from GitHub.

 

Wherever you Install/Extract the CBXP Pax File, make sure to add the path to the bin directory where the cbxp executable resides to PATH in /etc/profile (global) or ~/.profile/~/.bashrc (local/individual).

 

📄 Description

Extract Control Blocks from Live Memory (storage), post-process them into JSON, and write the result JSON to the stdout file descriptor.

 

cbxp [options] [CONTROL_BLOCK]

• -d, --debug
  Print Debug Messages.

• -i, --include <pattern>
  Include control blocks that are Accessible from the Root Control Block being extracted using an Include Pattern.

• -v, --version
  Display Version Information.

• -h, --help
  Display Usage Information.

💻 Examples

The following example extracts the PSA control block and prints Debug Messages.

Shell Script

cbxp -d psa

 

The following example extracts the CVT, includes the ECVT and the ASVT, and includes all Known Control Blocks that are pointed to directly by the ASVT.

Shell Script

cbxp -i ecvt -i 'asvt.*' cvt

 

The followng example extracts all ASCB control blocks and pipes the output into jq to Format the JSON output.

Shell Script

cbxp ascb | jq