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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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Exploit Type
Product Name
Android Webkit Floating Point Datatype Exploit
WebKit in Android 2.1 does not properly validate floating-point data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted HTML document, related to non-standard NaN representation.
This package updates the list of network service TCP and UDP ports known to the Impact exploits framework.
Exploits / Remote
Impact Professional
SMB library fixes
This update fixes an issue handling binary files which is present when running proxied.
Exploits / Remote
Impact Professional
Symantec Endpoint Protection Kernel Pool Overflow Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
Buffer overflow in the sysplant driver in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Client 11.x and 12.x before 12.1 RU4 MP1b, and Small Business Edition before SEP 12.1, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to a 0x00222084 IOCTL call.
Borland AccuRev Reprise License Server edit_lf_process Write Arbitrary Files Exploit
The specific flaw exists within the edit_lf_process resource of the AccuRev Reprise License Manager service. The issue lies in the ability to write arbitrary files with controlled data. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM.
Linux fusermount Environment Variable Privilege Escalation Exploit
The 'fusermount' binary, part of the FUSE system in Linux, executes the /bin/mount binary with ruid set to 0 without clearing the environment variables provided by unprivileged users.
This flaw can be leveraged by local unprivileged users to gain root privileges by leveraging the functionality provided by the LIBMOUNT_MTAB environment variable to overwrite an arbitrary file on the affected system.
The specific flaw exists within the activate_doit function of the service. The issue lies in the handling of the actserver parameter which can result in overflowing a stack-based buffer.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database (msjet40.dll) trough a Microsoft Access Document. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error in msjet40.dll within the processing of mdb files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened.
Linux Overlayfs ovl_setattr Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Linux. The ovl_setattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify the attributes of arbitrary overlay files via a crafted application.
This module exploits an integer underflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability was exploited in 0day attacks in February 2014.
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.
Oracle VirtualBox 3D Acceleration Virtual Machine Escape Exploit
The code that implements 3D acceleration for OpenGL graphics in Oracle VirtualBox is prone to multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities.
An attacker running code within a Guest operating system can exploit these vulnerabilities in order to escape from the virtual machine and execute arbitrary code on the Host operating system.
Microsoft Windows Sysret Instruction Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS12-042) Update
On Intel CPUs, sysret to non-canonical addresses causes a fault on the sysret instruction itself after the stack pointer is set to guest value but before the current privilege level (CPL) is changed. Windows is vulnerable due to the way the Windows User Mode Scheduler handles system requests. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent with system privileges.
Microsoft Office Word Property Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS06-038)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Office, and could be exploited when a malformed property included in an Office file was parsed by any of the affected Office applications.
Microsoft Windows Tracing Registry Key ACL Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS10-059)
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows places incorrect access control lists (ACLs) on the registry keys for the Tracing Feature for Services. The vulnerability allows local attackers running code under an account with impersonation rights, like NETWORK SERVICE, to gain SYSTEM privileges.
This module exploits an improper bound checking in MoreAmp when importing a MAF (song list) file. This causes a stack based overflow and allows code execution on the targeted system with the privileges of the user which is running the application.
MSRPC CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup ReportRemoteExecuteCML Buffer Overflow Exploit
CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup is prone to a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability on the RPC interface that could permit the execution of arbitrary remote code. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and completely compromise the computer.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Event Handling Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a use-after-free error when handling events when the object firing the event is removed from the markup.
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.
VLC Media Player MP4 Demuxer Buffer Overflow Exploit
VLC media player is prone to multiple stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities.
When parsing a MP4, ASF or AVI file with an overly deep box structure, a stack overflow might occur. It would overwrite the return address and thus redirect the execution flow.
Attackers can exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application or crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.
VLC media player 1.0.1 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
HP LoadRunner XUpload ActiveX Control Bufer Overflow Exploit
Boundary errors exists in HP LoadRunner in Persits.XUpload.2 ActiveX control (XUpload.ocx) when processing arguments passed to the "AddFile()" method. This can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows by passing specially crafted, overly-long strings as argument to the affected method.