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.
- 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
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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
Author: Exploit Security Team
License: GPL V3.0
Repository: DVRPi GitHub
Last Updated: May 23, 2025