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Exploit development can be an advanced penetration testing skill that takes time to master. Additionally, when on a job, pen testers often don’t have the resources to create a new exploit. Many resort to searching for and using pre-written exploits that have not been tested and must go through the timely effort of quality assurance testing in order to ensure they are secure and effective.
Core Impact users can save time by finding all the up-to-date exploits they need in one place. We provide a robust library of exploits designed to enable pen testers to safely and efficiently conduct successful penetration tests. Whether written by our own internal team or by a third party like ExCraft, you can trust they have been thoroughly tested and validated by our experts.
The universe of vulnerabilities is huge and not all of them represent the same risk for the customers. Vulnerabilities do not all have the same level of criticality. Some may be easily exploitable by a low-level user, while others may not be exploitable at all. To increase the efficiency of the attacks and the quality of the exploits provided, the Core Impact team has developed selection criteria to prioritize its analysis and implementation. We determine which exploits warrant creation based on the following questions:
What are the most critical attacks from the attacker’s perspective?
What new vulnerabilities are more likely to be exploited in real attacks?
What exploits are the most valuable for Core Impact?
Once an exploit is approved, its priority order considers the following variables:
Vulnerability Properties: CVE, disclosure date, access mechanism and privileges needed.
Target Environment Setup: OS, application prevalence, version and special configurations needed.
Value Provided to Core Impact: Customer request, usage in multiple attacks, allows the installation of an agent, etc.
Technical Cost vs. Benefit: An analysis weighing the resources needed to build an exploit with the internal and external knowledge gained in its creation.
Each one of these variables has a different weight and provides a ranking of the potential exploits to be developed. Following those criteria, the top of the list would contain, for example, a vulnerability on Windows (most popular OS) that can be exploited remotely, without authentication and that provides super user privileges.
Correspondingly, a vulnerability on an application that is rarely installed, needs special configurations, and requires User Interaction, would be at the bottom.
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Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Openfiler Remote Code Execution Exploit
Insufficient sanitization in Openfile's /admin/system.html 'Hostname' field, leads to remote code execution.
The best practice for web applications built on top of the Apache Struts 2 framework is to switch off Developer Mode (struts.devMode parameter in the struts.xml configuration file) before going into production.
When devMode is left enabled, attackers can gain remote code execution by setting the 'debug=command' URL parameter and sending OGNL expressions through the 'expression' URL parameter.
This module takes advantage of this misconfiguration scenario in order to deploy an agent in the target system.
IcoFX is prone to a security vulnerability when processing .ICO files. This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target machine, by enticing the user of IcoFX to open a specially crafted icon file.
A stack-based buffer overflow in eZip Wizard allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ZIP file that contains a file with a long name.
This update makes a correction to a parameter name.
Windows File History Service FHSVC Elevation of Privilege Exploit Update
A vulnerability exists in the file history service, which runs as system, and can be exploited to elevate from ordinary users to system privileges. This update adds the ability for the user to select the folder to write to.
This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in Repetier Server Software
Windows
Exploits / Remote
SCADA
Wordpress Ultimate Member Plugin Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Exploit Update
The vulnerability allows to an unauthenticated attacker to register as an administrator and take full control of the website. The problem occurs with the plugin registration form. In this form it's possible to change certain values for the account to be registered. This includes the "wp_capabilities" value, which determines the user's role on the website. This update adds a print in the module output window.
A stack-based buffer overflow in eZip Wizard allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file with a long name of the internal file.
This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader when handling a specially crafted PDF file.
WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released version in order to deliver a module as quickly as possible to our customers that may be useful in some situations. Since this module is not the final version it may contain bugs or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
Microsoft Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit
The Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) present in Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, which can result in out-of-bounds memory write to paged pool memory. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
The include/imageObjectIM.class.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) (before 1.4.15), when the ImageMagick picture processing method is configured, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a shell.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Javascript BODY onload event that calls the window function. This module exploits this vulnerability and installs an agent.
The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the migrate parameter.
VLC is able to handle the subtitles automatically in a very simple way, it just checks the presence of ssa files with the same name of the loaded video and a possible subtitles folder. The functions which handle the MicroDvd, SSA and Vplayer subtitle formats are vulnerable to some stack based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities which can allow an attacker to execute malicious code.
Added support for Windows Vista, 2003 and 2000.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact Professional
Microsoft Word ehTrace COM Server-based Binary Planting Exploit(MS11-073)
Microsoft Word have several safely registered COM servers whose DLLs make unsafe library loading calls.
This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released version in order to deliver a module as quickly as possible to our customers that may be useful in some situations. Since this module is not the final version it may contain bugs or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer Exploit (MS08-051)
This module exploits a memory allocation error in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with a malformed picture index that triggers memory corruption.
FreeBSD mount Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
FreeBSD is prone to multiple stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because the kernel fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.
If the system is configured to allow unprivileged users to mount file
systems, it is possible for a local adversary to exploit this
vulnerability and execute code in the context of the kernel.
This update fixs some issues and adds validations pre-explotation.
MSRPC Server Service Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-067) Update 5
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Server service by sending a specially crafted RPC request. This update adds reliability when exploiting all supported platforms.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the GenVersion.dll module included in the Iconics Genesis 32 application. The exploit is triggered when the SetActiveXGUID() method processes a malformed argument resulting in a memory corruption.
The specific flaw exists within qcpfformat.dll, which is responsible for parsing QCP media files. The process creates a static 256 byte allocation on the heap and trusts a user-supplied counter from the file within a memory copy loop.
This version adds support for Internet Explorer 8 with java enabled.
Oracle Database Server Core RDBMS component is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit a stack-based buffer overflow in the EXECUTE procedure of DBMS_AW.
Using an overly long parameter in the CDA command with the previous procedure, a stack-based buffer overflow will occur, overwriting the saved return address.
This module requires database user credentials with 'Create Session' privilege.
Linux apport Race Condition Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Linux apport application. The apport application can be forced to drop privileges to uid 0 and write a corefile anywhere on the system. This can be used to write a corefile with crafted contents in a suitable location to gain root privileges.