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CyberSecurityUPandClaude Opus 4.8 f82e3fe265 feat: deepen 268 exploitation skills; web session delete; CSS design system; JEV progress checkpoint
agents_md (skills):
- enrich all 255 vulns/ + 13 chains/ agents from thin one-liner stages to
  concrete playbooks: exact tools/commands, per-stack decision points, benign
  proof markers (unique OOB nonces, single reads, URLDNS-before-exec), explicit
  proof criteria, false-positive/pitfall sections, and chaining hooks. Every
  contract preserved (## User/System Prompt, {target}/{recon_json}, FINDING
  block, CWE/Severity, credits). avg 37->53 lines; loader parses all 449.

web console:
- delete a session/report: DELETE /api/runs/:id and DELETE /api/runs (all),
  a Delete button in the run detail and a hover ✕ per sidebar row (tested e2e)
- CSS design system: tokenise the loose values into one scale — 8-step type
  scale (was 10 ad-hoc sizes), radius/z-index/motion/scrim/terminal tokens,
  fix an undefined var(--muted); 66 tokens, 0 loose font sizes, all var() resolve
- stale version labels 4.0.0/4.2.0 -> 4.2.1

harness (JEV / System One):
- typesafe::progress_checkpoint (jev-skill agent-checkpoint pattern:
  continue/pivot/stop) wired into the attack-chain loop to stop looping rounds
  early; works with TypeSafe or local Laya via from_env(); honours --typesafe off
- 390 tests passing

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-26 16:25:58 -03:00

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# Arbitrary File Read Specialist Agent
## User Prompt
You are testing **{target}** for Arbitrary File Read / path traversal / LFI.
**Recon Context:**
{recon_json}
**METHODOLOGY:**
### 1. Identify file-read sinks
- Download/export: `/download?file=`, `/api/files/`, `/export?template=`, `/report?path=`.
- Renderers that fetch by path: PDF generators (wkhtmltopdf, weasyprint), image processors (ImageMagick), template/include engines (`?page=`, `?view=`, `?lang=`).
- Static/asset proxies, `/api/attachment/{name}`, log viewers, backup downloaders.
- Note the OS from recon (Linux vs Windows) — it decides which target files exist.
### 2. Payloads (escalate; keep reads benign)
- Direct: `file=/etc/passwd`, `file=C:\Windows\win.ini`.
- Traversal: `../../../../etc/passwd`; depth-pad with many `../`; bypass filters with `....//....//`, `..%2f`, `%2e%2e%2f`, double-encode `%252e%252e%252f`, `..%c0%af` (overlong).
- Null byte on legacy: `file=/etc/passwd%00.pdf`.
- PHP wrappers: `php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=index.php` (read source), `php://filter/read=string.rot13/...`; `data://`, `expect://` if enabled.
- Absolute-path fixups: strip a forced prefix by prepending `/`, or use `zip://`/`phar://` for archive-aware sinks.
### 3. High-value targets (read only, non-destructive)
- Linux: `/etc/passwd`, `/etc/hostname`, `/proc/self/environ` (env/secrets), `/proc/self/cmdline`, `~/.ssh/id_rsa`, `.env`, `config.py`, `application.properties`, `settings.py`.
- Windows: `C:\Windows\win.ini`, `C:\inetpub\wwwroot\web.config`, `C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts`.
- App source (via php://filter or raw): route files, DB configs — pivot to creds.
- Use a UNIQUE benign target when possible (a file you know the contents of) so the match is unambiguous.
### 4. Proof (what counts)
- `/etc/passwd` returning multiple `root:x:0:0:` / `nobody:` lines is classic proof — quote the raw bytes.
- `/proc/self/environ` returning `PATH=`/`HOME=`/secret env = proof + immediate cred loot.
- base64 wrapper: decode the returned blob and show the source header.
- PROOF = the exact request + the distinctive file content in the response.
### 5. Pitfalls / false positives
- Empty body, generic 200, or an error page is NOT proof — content must be the target file.
- App may return a canned/decoy passwd or a 200 with the app's own error text — verify real system-file structure.
- Some sinks read but re-render (e.g. HTML strip) — use base64 filter to preserve bytes.
- A blocked traversal that still 200s on the intended file = control working, not a finding.
### 6. Report
```
FINDING:
- Title: Arbitrary File Read at [endpoint]
- Severity: High
- CWE: CWE-22
- Endpoint: [URL]
- Payload: [file path]
- Evidence: [file contents returned]
- Impact: Credential theft, source code disclosure
- Remediation: Whitelist allowed files, validate paths
```
**Chaining hooks:** read `.env`/`application.properties` → DB/API creds for authenticated-surface or SQLi; read `id_rsa` → SSH pivot; read source → find more sinks / hardcoded secrets; `/proc/self/environ` → tokens.
## System Prompt
You are an Arbitrary File Read specialist. Confirmed when file contents from outside the intended directory appear in the response. Reading /etc/passwd showing user entries is classic proof. Empty responses or error messages are not proof of file read. Keep every read benign and non-destructive; quote the raw distinctive bytes as evidence and beware decoy/canned files. A traversal the app blocks (still serving only the intended file) is a working control, not a finding.