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Damn Vulnerable Raspberry Pi (DVRPi)

  • Writer: Victor Hanna
    Victor Hanna
  • Aug 13
  • 1 min read

Damn Vulnerable Raspberry Pi
Damn Vulnerable Raspberry Pi

Overview


Damn Vulnerable Raspberry Pi (DVRPi) is a Raspberry Pi 4B firmware designed to teach hardware hacking through intentional vulnerabilities. The challenges introduce the learners to multiple real-world software and physical interface exploitation scenarios, often an entry point for attacking embedded devices like IoT systems, routers, and industrial controllers.


Warning: DVRPi is for educational use only. Do not deploy on production or internet-facing systems, as it contains intentional vulnerabilities that will lead to compromise.


Getting Started


  • Multiple Challenges to attempt.

  • Write-ups available.


Step 1. Download the firmware



Step 2. Check Image Integrity


sha256sum rpi4-debian-firmware.img.xz
Validate against checksum.txt

Step 3. Place the SDCARD into your reader on host machine


Recommended SDCARD Size: 64GB


  • Locate your SDCARD

lsblk

Step 4. Uncompress and Flash the image onto the SDCARD (using DD)

xz -dc rpi4-debian-firmware.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M status=progress

Step 5. Sync Writes

sync

Step 6. Umount the SDCARD

umount /<mountpoint>/rootfs
umount /<mountpoint>/bootfs

Step 7. Insert SDCARD into RPi and Follow challenge steps


NOTE: Do NOT power on until all challenge details have been read


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