sh00bx

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sh00bx/cve-2025-4615

Repository PoC0Created 2026-03-26WriteupCVE-2025-46151 file

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Analysisdeepseek-v4-pro:cloud ·

Technical assessment

A technical analysis of CVE-2025-4615, a newline injection vulnerability in PAN-OS. The document describes the root cause, impact, and provides a proof-of-concept using curl commands to inject an nginx directive. It also assesses the fix and evaluates the potential for remote code execution.

Backdoor review

No backdoor observed in reviewed code

The supplied evidence is a single README.md file containing a technical analysis and proof-of-concept (PoC) for CVE-2025-4615. The document describes a newline injection vulnerability in PAN-OS, provides curl commands to demonstrate the exploit, and discusses its impact and limitations. No backdoor, deceptive payload, or concealed harmful behavior targeting the person running the PoC was observed. The PoC commands are standard API calls to a PAN-OS device and do not exhibit any behavior that would harm the operator's machine or exfiltrate data.

ClassificationWriteup
Model confidence95%
AuthenticationRequired
LanguagesMarkdownShell
Target softwarePalo Alto Networks PAN-OS
Attack typesNewline InjectionConfiguration Injection
Evidence & reasoningClassification basis · observed behavior · safety review
Technical evidence

Classification basis and observed behavior

Classification basis

The artifact is a README.md file containing a detailed technical analysis of the vulnerability, including root cause, impact, and a proof-of-concept. It does not contain executable exploit or scanner code; the provided curl commands are illustrative examples within a technical writeup.

README.md:1README.md:85

Requirements

  • Authenticated admin access to PAN-OS management (API or web UI)README.md:88
  • A configured secure-proxy-serverREADME.md:89

Observed behavior

  • Injects a newline character into the secure-proxy-user field via the XML API, causing the generated nginx.conf to contain an attacker-controlled directive (e.g., access_log) that is executed by nginx.README.md:51-57README.md:110-123
  • Creates an arbitrary file (/tmp/pwn3) with root ownership on the target system.README.md:134
Safety-review evidence

Behaviors behind the backdoor verdict

Observables

Url
Payload withheldReference to a related XSS vulnerability repository by the same author; not part of the PoC execution.README.md:81
Review boundaries

What the analysis did not establish

  • The evidence packet contains only the README.md file. No other source code, scripts, or binary files are included.
  • The analysis_scope reports complete_artifact_coverage as false, indicating the full repository snapshot may contain additional files not provided in this packet.
  • Only the README.md file was provided; no other repository files (e.g., scripts, binaries) were included in the evidence packet.
  • The analysis scope confirms no executable source or binary files were identified or analyzed.
Model interpretation

This review is limited to the supplied PoC code and context. It does not assert that the code works or is safe to execute.