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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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RealPlayer ActiveX Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to a boundary error in the ierpplug.dll of the Real Player application. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site.
This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in OrientDB by abusing SQL queries on OUser/ORole without the privileges which allows users to get Code Execution.
This module runs a server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting a vulnerability in Apple QuickTime, which allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
Linux Kernel SO_SNDBUFFORCE Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a signedness issue in the Linux Kernel. The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allows local users to escalate privileges.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX Control (NCTAudioFile2.dll) used by various multimedia applications. The exploit is triggered when a long string argument is processed by the SetFormatLikeSample() method resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site.
Microsoft Office Malformed EPS Use-After-Free File Vulnerability Exploit
Use After Free in Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted EPS file in an Office document, leading to improper memory allocation.
3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH CODESYS Web Server Upload Restricted File and Buffer Overflow Exploit
A specially crafted web server request may allow the upload of arbitrary files to the CODESYS Web Server without authorization which may allow remote code execution.
A malicious user could overflow a buffer by providing overly long strings to functions that handle the XML. Because the function does not verify string size before copying to memory, the attacker may then be able to crash the application or run arbitrary code.
phpMyAdmin is prone to a regexp abuse via an eval modifier which can be found in old PHP versions. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to run arbitrary php code on the affected server.
PHP versions 4.3.0-5.4.6 had a "feature" which allowed users to run a RegExp Pattern Modifier using PREG_REPLACE_EVAL and may lead to execute code.
phpMyAdmin had an issue in their code that can be exploited from a table replace call.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact Professional
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator ActiveX Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the SiteManager ActiveX Control (sitemanager.dll). A validation error in the ExportSiteList() method allows an attacker to run arbitrary code on the target system. The module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer) to connect to it. When a client connects, it will try to install a Level0v2 agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Adobe Reader and Acrobat PDF subroutine pointer exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.
This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow handling the mail headers in the OWA (Outlook Web Access) service when processing meeting requests of Exchange Server clients (MS06-019).
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner GUI Html Script Injection Exploit
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 10.0 build 20160216 and previous versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the scanner GUI.
The flaw exists in the way Acunetix WVS render some html elements inside it's GUI, using jscript.dll without any concern about unsafe ActiveX object such as WScript.shell.
This module also abuses of a second vulnerability affecting the Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Scheduler to gain SYSTEM privileges.
An error handling mechanism in the kernel of Mac OS X, provides the ability to control programs when certain types of errors are encountered. This module uses this mechanism to execute arbitrary code in privileged programs if an error is encountered.
This module exploits an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess. The specific flaw exists within the WebAccess Dashboard Viewer. Insufficient validation within the FileUpload script allows unauthenticated callers to upload arbitrary code to directories in the server where the code can be automatically executed under the high-privilege context of the IIS AppPool.
Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
Oracle Database Server is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to poison the data handled by the remote 'TNS Listener' component of the application.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of XML files. When parsing the szFilename attribute of the MulStatus element. This update adds CVE number.
Microsoft Windows Win32k DrawIcon OOB Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Windows kernel-mode driver fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Windows Win32k Keyboard Layout Vulnerability Exploit (MS12-034) Update 3
This update adds support to Microsoft Windows XP with the MS12-034 patch installed.
This module exploits a Windows kernel vulnerability by loading a fake keyboard layout through a call to "NtUserLoadKeyboardLayoutEx" function with crafted parameters.
When the keyboard layout is processed by win32k.sys, it produces a kernel heap memory corruption.
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. FreeBSD is vulnerable to this issue due to insufficient sanity checks when returning from a system call. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent with root privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the Formats plug-in (Formats.dll) when handling TFF files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted TFF file.