ajp-ghostcat
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jul 6, 2026
Risk Level: CRITICALCOMMAND_EXECUTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFEDATA_EXFILTRATION
Full Analysis
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses
sudocommands to install system packages (apache2,libapache2-mod-proxy-html), modify system-level configuration files in/etc/apache2/, and manage system services. This represents high-privilege execution on the host machine. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: It instructs the agent to download and install third-party packages
ajpShooterandajpyviapip, as well asapache2viaapt. These dependencies are not version-pinned and are fetched from public registries during execution. - [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The skill provides explicit instructions and payloads for achieving remote code execution (RCE) on target servers. This includes providing a JSP webshell payload and instructions for generating and deploying malicious WAR files via Tomcat Manager.
- [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: The methodology focuses on reading sensitive configuration files from the target's internal directories, such as
/WEB-INF/web.xml,/WEB-INF/classes/application.properties, and/META-INF/context.xml, which are known to contain database credentials, API keys, and application secrets. - [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The skill contains a hardcoded list of common default credentials for Tomcat Manager (e.g.,
admin:admin,tomcat:s3cret) to be used in automated or manual login attempts.
Recommendations
- CRITICAL: 1 infected file(s) detected - DO NOT USE
- AI detected serious security threats
Audit Metadata