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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.
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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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This module exploits a remote vulnerability in the TCPUploadServer service included in the Movicon 11 application to install an agent by writing and running an executable file.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Adobe Flash Player SWF File Uninitialized Memory Exploit
A vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an uninitialized memory access triggered by a specially crafted .SWF file, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability has been found exploited in-the-wild during March 2011. 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.
Microsoft Windows Win32k Keyboard Layout Vulnerability Exploit (MS12-034)
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.
AT TFTP Server Long Filename Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error during the processing of TFTP Read/Write request packet types. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted packet with an overly long filename field. This update ensures that the program receives all data.
SlimFTPd LIST Command Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
SlimFTPd server is prone to a stack buffer overflow when sending a LIST command with an overly-long argument. The attacker needs to be authenticated, so a successful login is required for the exploit to work.
Internet Explorer Same ID Property Remote Code Execution Exploit
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing a deleted object.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within flt_BMP.dll when processing BMP images and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via specially crafted "biPlanes" and "biBitCount" fields.
PCMan FTP Server USER Command Buffer Overflow Exploit
PCMan's FTP Server is prone to a buffer-overflow when handling an overly long USER command.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Linux Kernel perf_swevent_init Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perf_event_open system call.
Microsoft Windows Win32k Keyboard Layout Vulnerability Exploit (MS12-034) Update 2
This update adds support to Microsoft Windows 2008. 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.
ERDAS ER Viewer ERM_convert_to_correct_webpath Buffer Overflow Exploit
A Buffer Overflow exists within ERDAS ER Viewer due to a boundary error within the ERM_convert_to_correct_webpath() function in (ermapper_u.dll) when parsing file paths via a specially crafted ERS file.
This modules exploits a vulnerability found in the Honewell HSC Remote Deployer ActiveX. This control can be abused by using the LaunchInstaller() function to execute an arbitrary HTA from a remote location.
The Device Manager service (rrobotd.exe) in EMC AlphaStor is prone to an OS command injection vulnerability when processing DCP commands. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this in order to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on the vulnerable machine.
This module exploits a remote PHP code injection vulnerability in Elastix PBX by uploading a renamed PHP file and leveraging a local file inclusion vulnerability to execute the PHP file. It also exploits a bad configuration in the /etc/sudoers file to elevate privileges from 'asterisk' user to 'root'.
Linux
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Linux Kernel IA32 Syscall Emulation Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Linux for x86-64. The IA32 system call emulation functionality does not zero-extend the EAX register after the 32bit entry path to ptrace is used, which might allow local users to trigger an out-of-bounds access to the system call table using the RAX register and escalate privileges. This vulnerability is a regression of CVE-2007-4573.
Adobe Flash Player SharedObject Use-After-Free Exploit
Adobe Flash Player is prone to a use-after-free vulnerability when finishing a Worker thread containing a SharedObject. This vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable machines by convincing an unsuspecting user to visit a web site containing a specially crafted SWF file.
This module tries to install a Level0 agent by exploiting a vulnerability in the "javaprxy.dll" COM Object when instantiated in Internet Explorer via a specially crafted HTML tag.
Omni-NFS Server NFSD Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit
A buffer overflow exist in nfsd.exe in XLink Omni-NFS Server and allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TCP packet to port 2049 (nfsd).
Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in various implementations of telnetd allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root permissions via a long encryption key. 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.
The vulnerability is a memory corruption in the U3D component 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.