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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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Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Apple QuickTime _Marshaled_pUnk Backdoor Param Arbitrary Code Execution Exploit
QuickTime has a backdoor in QTPlugin.ocx implemented during development cycle, this can be used by execute arbitrary code under the context of the browser. 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 caused due to a boundary error in Xion when handling .M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .M3U file.
An important vulnerability has been identified in ColdFusion version 8.0, 8.0.1, 9.0, 9.0.1 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX. This directory traversal vulnerability could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2010-2861). Adobe has provided a solution for this reported vulnerability. It recomends that users update their product.
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the ienipp.ocx ActiveX component of Novell iPrint Client by passing an overly long value to the 'call-back-url' parameter.
Microsoft Windows CreateWindow Function Callback Exploit (MS10-032) Update 2
This update adds support to Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows 2008. This module exploits a vulnerability in win32k.sys when a "window" is created.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in MUSE when handling .PLS files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .PLS file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
QuickTime Player Streaming Debug Error Logging Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
A stack buffer overflow exists in QuickTime's error logging. Viewing a maliciously crafted movie file may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. This update embed the .MOV file in Internet Explorer 6 or 7, in other browsers it can be downloaded for use and exploitation in QuickTime. It also add support for Windows Vista.
A-PDF WAV to MP3 Converter Buffer Overflow Exploit
A-PDF WAV to MP3 Converter contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an crafted WAV file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft .NET Framework CLR Virtual Method Delegate Exploit (MS10-060)
The Common Language Runtime (CLR) in Microsoft .NET Framework does not properly handle interfaces and delegations to virtual methods. This module exploits the vulnerability through Microsoft Internet Explorer. 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.
Linux Kernel Ext4 Move Extents IOCTL Privilege Escalation Exploit
Linux kernel is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because the software fails to verify access permissions. A local user can invoke the Ext4 'move extents' ioctl call, with certain options to execute arbitrary code and gain privileged access. Successful exploits will result in the complete compromise of affected computers.
PAM MOTD module in Ubuntu did not correctly handle path permissions when creating user file stamps.A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges.
Microsoft Windows Movie Maker String Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-050)
Microsoft Windows Movie Maker is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors when parsing strings in imported project files (.MSWMM). 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.
Microsoft Windows SMB Pool Overflow DoS (MS10-054)
This module exploits a Windows kernel remote vulnerability on the srv.sys driver via a malformed SMB packet. It could allow an attacker to connect to a shared folder and send a specially crafted SMB message to an affected system exploiting the target and installing an agent. 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 Office Excel PivotTable Cache Data Record Exploit (MS10-057)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel by sending a malformed .XLS file with a crafted PivotTable Cache Data Record. 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.
QuickTime Player Streaming Debug Error Logging Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in QuickTimeStreaming.qtx when constructing a string to write to a debug log file. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into viewing a specially crafted web page that references a SMIL file containing an overly long URL.
Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter Remote Code Execution Exploit
This module exploits a Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter preg_replace using eval switch in multiple web applications in order to install an agent. Currently, this module supports AtMail Open and RoundCube Webmail.
Microsoft Office Outlook Linked Attachment Exploit (MS10-045) Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Outlook when verifying attachments that are attached using the ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE value of the PR_ATTACH_METHOD property in a specially crafted e-mail message. This update uses WebDav.
Stack-based buffer overflow in EffectMatrix (E.M.) Magic Morph 1.95b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a .MOR file.
Foxit Reader Compact Font Format Buffer Overflow Exploit
A vulnerability has been identified in Foxit Reader, which could be exploited by attackers to potentially compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error when processing Compact Font Format (CFF) data within a PDF document, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF document. This is the same vulnerability that is currently being exploited to jailbreak the iPhone 4 OS. WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module.