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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
VMware ESX RetrieveProperties Remote DoS
A security vulnerability was found in the VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)
subsystem, allowing an unauthenticated remote DoS. The vulnerability could
allow denial of service if a specially crafted request is sent to the
This module allows remote attackers to place arbitrary files on a temporary folder in Novel ZENWorks AdminStudio, through a vulnerability in LaunchHelp.dll ActiveX Control (LaunchHelp.dll version 9.5.0.0). Code execution is achieved by uploading and executing a vbs script which then requests and executes Impact's binary agent.
Apple QuickTime Style Elements TeXML Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit
Buffer Overflow when handling an attribute of style elements can be exploited when Quick Player handles a specially crafted TeXML 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.
EMC NetWorker nsrd RPC Service Format String Exploit Update
A Format string vulnerability in the nsrd RPC service within EMC NetWorker? allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted message.
Apple QuickTime text3GTrack attribute TeXML Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit
Buffer Overflow when handling an attribute of "text3GTrack" elements can be exploited when Quick Player handles a specially crafted TeXML 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.
NTR ActiveX Control StopModule Remote Code Execution Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the ntractivex118.dll module included in the NTRglobal NTR Activex Control application. The exploit is triggered when the StopModule() method processes a crafted argument resulting in a buffer overflow.
Aladdin Knowledge System Ltd PrivAgent ChooseFilePath Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Aladdin Knowledge System Ltd PrivAgent.ocx ActiveX Control. The exploit is triggered when the ChooseFilePath() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow.
HP Data Protector Express Opcode 0x330 Parsing Remote Code Execution Exploit
A buffer Overflow exists within the dpwinsdr.exe process which listens on TCP port 3817 by default. The process has insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data copied to a fixed-length buffer on the stack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed opcode 0x330 message packets to the target.
EMC NetWorker nsrd RPC Service Format String Exploit
A Format string vulnerability in the nsrd RPC service within EMC NetWorker? allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted message.
Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit
Buffer overflow in the ISSymbol ActiveX control in ISSymbol.ocx in Advantech Studio allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long String argument in the InternationalOrder method.
The best practice for installations of EMC Replication Manager is to register a Replication Manager Client (irccd.exe) instance with the appropiate Replication Manager Server (ird.exe) as soon as the client software is installed on a host.
Registration is performed by Replication Manager administrators from within the Replication Manager Server.
Libdbus DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS Variable Local Privilege Escalation
Libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid processes not clearing the environment variables, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable.
Test a web page's parameters trying to detect potential SQL Injection vulnerabilities.
this update is for 12.5.
Exploits / SQL Injection
Impact Professional
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.
GE Proficy Historian KeyHelp ActiveX LaunchTriPane Code Execution Exploit
GE Proficy Historian is prone to a Code execution vulnerability in the KeyScript ActiveX control from keyhelp.ocx. The function LaunchTriPane use the -decompile option and can be abused to write arbitrary files on the remote system.
Microsoft Windows Win32k Keyboard Layout Vulnerability Exploit (MS12-047) Update
This update adds support to Impact 12.5
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.
This module exploits two vulnerabilities in HP SiteScope to gain remote code execution. The first vulnerability is an authentication bypass in the getSiteScopeConfiguration operation available through the APISiteScopeImpl AXIS service to grab the administrator credentials from the server running HP SiteScope. The second vulnerability is a directory traversal in the UploadFileHandler url that allows to upload files to the server into a directory that allows for scripting.
Microsoft Windows Sysret Instruction Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS12-042)
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 root privileges.
Oracle Outside In XPM Image Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit
A Buffer Overflow exists in the Oracle Outside SDK when the XPM image processing method does not properly validate the length of chars_per_pixel string within XPM images. This suite is used for 3rd party applications like Quick View Plus.