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Add the poc that achieves code execution.

Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings July 18, 2025 14:38
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Pull Request Overview

This pull request introduces a sophisticated proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2025-53367 that achieves code execution through the DjVuLibre vulnerability. The PR adds a complete exploit implementation that bypasses ASLR and demonstrates execution of arbitrary shell commands in PDF viewers like evince/papers.

  • Replaces a simple crash-only proof-of-concept with a full code execution exploit
  • Adds a comprehensive patch file that modifies the DjVuLibre codebase to generate exploit files
  • Provides detailed build and usage instructions for different Linux distributions

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 4 comments.

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README.md Updates documentation with complete exploit instructions, build process, and usage examples for Ubuntu 24.04/25.04
DjVuLibre-poc-CVE-2025-53367.diff Adds large patch file (1883 lines) containing the complete exploit implementation including heap manipulation and ROP chains

+ if (n % 4 != 0) {
+ G_THROW(ERR_MSG("wipe_bytes_at_dst: n is not a multiple of 4"));
+ }
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Function lacks documentation explaining its purpose, parameters, and behavior. This is a complex security-critical function that should have clear documentation.

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+ // skip
+ write_stop(packer, lineno, stop);
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Function lacks documentation explaining its purpose and parameters. Given the complexity of this exploit function, comprehensive documentation is essential.

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@kevinbackhouse kevinbackhouse requested a review from m-y-mo July 18, 2025 15:01
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m-y-mo commented Jul 18, 2025

The first copilot suggestion about a missing space should probably be implemented

@kevinbackhouse kevinbackhouse merged commit dc3f435 into github:main Jul 18, 2025
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