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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
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Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid TimeColorBehaviorContainer Record Code Execution Exploit Update
Microsoft Powerpoint parses a record associated with animation. If a container holds a specific record type, the application will explicitly trust a length used in this record to calculate a pointer for copying floating point numbers to. This can be used to write outside of an allocated buffer and will lead to code execution under the context of the application. This update adds Office 2010 support.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the BarcodeWiz.dll module included in the Barcodewiz application. The exploit is triggered when the LoadProperties() method processes a malformed argument resulting in a memory corruption. 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 version fixes a bug in the classname of the onelink feature.
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V VMBus Vulnerability DoS (MS10-102) Update
This module adds support to Microsoft Windows 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows Seven as a "guest OS". This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft Hyper-V sending a crafted packet from the "guest OS" to the "host OS" through the vmbus mechanism.
Computer Associates eTrust Secure Content Manager DoS
The eCS component (ECSQdmn.exe) in CA ETrust Secure Content Manager 8.0 and CA Gateway Security 8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted request to port 1882, involving an incorrect integer calculation and a heap-based buffer overflow.
The DefaultActionMapper class in Apache Struts2 supports a method for short-circuit navigation state changes by prefixing parameters with "action:" or "redirect:". The information contained in these prefixes is not properly sanitized before being evaluated as OGNL expressions on the server side, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code on the server. This module exploits the vulnerability in any web application built on top of vulnerable versions of the Apache Struts 2 framework.
HP Data Protector Cell Manager Opcode 259 Remote Code Execution Exploit
The specific flaw exists within crs.exe which listens by default on a random TCP port. When parsing different opcodes, the process blindly copies user supplied data into a fixed-length stack buffer. A remote attacker can abuse this to execute remote code under the context of the SYSTEM user.
Tectia SSH Server Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution Exploit
The SSH USERAUTH CHANGE REQUEST feature in SSH Tectia Server on UNIX and Linux, when old-style password authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session involving entry of blank passwords.
Google Sketchup fails to validate the input when parsing an crafted skp file with Pict texture, leading to an arbitrary stack offset overwrite and finally to an arbitrary code execution.
IBM SPSS SamplePower C1sizer ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit
A vulnerability when handling the TabCaption buffer, C1sizer.ocx does not properly check the size before running lstrcatA and therefore will cause a buffer overflow.
Adobe Flash Player SWF Load Crafted Module Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player triggered when processing a SWF file and this load a crafted dll module. 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 update improves the reliability of the exploit.
Microsoft Word MSCOMCTL TabStrip Control Use-after-free Exploit(MS12-060)
A Memory Corruption in Microsoft Word is caused due to an error within the TabStrip ActiveX control (MSCOMCTL.OCX) object, embedded in a RTF crafted 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.
Watermark Master is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when handling WCF files. This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target machine by enticing users to open a specially crafted WCF file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver Double Free Vulnerability Exploit (MS14-040) Update 2
This module exploits a double-free vulnerability in "afd.sys" by calling to "AfdTransmiteFile" function with crafted parameters. This update adds support to Impact 2014 R2.
This module exploits a buffer overflow in the status command of MailEnable and installs an agent. The status command requires an authenticated session, so valid credentials are required.
TFTP Server is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied data before storing it in a finite-sized buffer.
Microsoft Office Assembly Execution Exploit (MS12-005)
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the Windows Packager configuration allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ClickOnce application in a Microsoft Office document. 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."
AVID Media Composer Phonetic Indexer Buffer Overflow Exploit
Avid Media Composer is prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability within the Phonetic Indexer (AvidPhoneticIndexer.exe) because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized memory buffer.
Apple QuickTime text3GTrack attribute TeXML Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
Buffer Overflow when handling an attribute of "text3GTrack" elements can be exploited when Quick Player handles a specially crafted TeXML file. This update adds the correct CVE information.