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CyberSecurityUP 55af0d4634 NeuroSploit v3.3.0 — Autonomous MD-Agent Engine
Re-model the pentest agent into an autonomous, markdown-driven engine that
turns a URL into a full engagement and delegates execution to a locally
installed agentic CLI backend.

Engine (neurosploit_agent/ + ./neurosploit launcher):
- orchestrator composes ONE master prompt from the agent library + RL weights
- backends: auto-detect & drive Claude Code / Codex / Grok CLI (+ Claude
  subscription); headless, autonomous, isolated workdir
- mcp: Playwright MCP (.mcp.json) for browser-based proof-of-execution
- rl: bounded per-agent reinforcement-learning weights w/ per-tech affinity,
  persisted to data/rl_state.json
- models: latest registry incl. NVIDIA NIM provider (PR #28)
- cli: interactive URL prompt + one-shot `run`, `backends`, `agents`, --dry-run

Agent library (agents_md/, 213 total):
- 196 vuln specialists incl. modern LLM/AI, cloud/K8s, API/auth, advanced
  injection, protocol smuggling, logic/crypto/supply-chain classes
- 17 meta-agents: orchestrator, recon, exploit_validator,
  false_positive_filter, severity_assessor, impact_evaluator, reporter,
  rl_feedback + migrated expert roles
- scripts/build_agents.py data-driven builder; REGISTRY.md index

Docs: rewritten README.md, v3.3.0 RELEASE.md, .env.example (NVIDIA NIM, xAI,
engine vars).

Retire legacy Python orchestration (neurosploit.py + agent classes) to legacy/.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-14 20:57:38 -03:00

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Arbitrary File Read Specialist Agent

User Prompt

You are testing {target} for Arbitrary File Read vulnerabilities. Recon Context: {recon_json} METHODOLOGY:

1. Identify File Read Endpoints

  • Download endpoints: /download?file=, /api/files/, /export
  • PDF generators, image processors, template engines
  • API endpoints returning file contents

2. Payloads

  • Direct: file=/etc/passwd, file=C:\Windows\win.ini
  • Traversal: file=../../etc/passwd, file=....//....//etc/passwd
  • URL encoding: file=%2e%2e%2f%2e%2e%2fetc%2fpasswd
  • Null byte: file=/etc/passwd%00.pdf (older systems)
  • Wrapper: file=php://filter/convert.base64-encode/resource=/etc/passwd

3. High-Value Targets

  • /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  • .env, config.py, application.properties, web.config
  • /proc/self/environ (environment variables)

4. 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

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.