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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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Title
Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
VLC Media Player RealText Processing Stack Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in VideoLan Media Player (VLC). A stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseRealText function in the Subtitle demux plugin (modules\demux\subtitle.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a realtext RT media file with a header containing a crafted size value.
This module exploits a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in the Sourcefire Snort DCE/RPC preprocessor. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Snort process. This update improves the reliability for Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 and FreeBSD 6.2 on Impact 8.0
Total Video Player M3U Playlist Buffer Overflow Exploit
Total Video Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Total Video Player when handling .M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .M3U file
Microsoft Internet Explorer CFunctionPointer Memory Corruption Exploit (MS09-002)
This module exploits a memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 when handling a malformed HTML 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.
This module exploits a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Mantis version 1.1.3 caused by Mantis handling the sort parameter in manage_proj_page without the proper validation. This allows for remote code execution on Mantis' Web server.
A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability has been found in filter/tex/texed.php. Due to the fact this file does not properly check the input parameters, it is possible to exploit this vulnerability in order to execute arbitrary commands on the target server. This module starts a web server on the CORE IMPACT Console to publish the agent, which is downloaded from the target. In order to exploit this vulnerability register_globals must be enabled (in PHP) and the TeX Notation filter in Moodle must be turned on.
Linux
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Debian OpenSSL Predictable Random Number Generation Exploit Update 2
This module exploits the random number generator in Debian's OpenSSL package being predictable. This vulnerability is used to generate SSH keys and to install an agent into the target host. The exploit will generate the complete vulnerable keyspace, and will try to log as the provided user. If the user is root, the agent will have superuser capabilities. This update improves exploit performance when used through Network Attack and Penetration RPT.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the Mercury Mail Transport System. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within Mercury/32 SMTP Server Module (mercurys.dll) when processing arguments to the AUTH CRAM-MD5 command. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to the affected command. This update adds support for DEP (Data Execution Prevention).
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of .PLS files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .PLS file.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of a .ASX file with a long URI in the ref href tag. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .ASX file.
GlobalSCAPE Secure FTP Server Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on installations with GlobalSCAPE Secure FTP Server,which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error with the handling of overly long commands. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted command passed to the affected server.
FileCopa LIST Command Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
FileCopa FTP Server is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability when handling data through the LIST command, a large amount of data can trigger an overflow in a finite-sized internal memory buffer.
CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Media Server Exploit Update
This module exploits a buffer overflow in the handling of RPC data in the Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup Media Server service (mediasvr.exe) which is a component of BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine. This update adds support for Windows 2003 SP1 and SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
This module sends HTTP requests that causes the Squid Web Proxy to stop running.
Linux
Denial of Service/Remote
Impact
Destiny Media Player Playlist Buffer Overflow Exploit
Destiny Media Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Destiny Media Player when handling .LST files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .LST file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
OtsTurntables OFL Buffer Overflow Exploit
OtsTurntables contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in OtsTurntables when handling .OFL files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .OFL file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Browse3D SFS Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the parsing of .SFS files, this can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a .SFS file with an overly long file string.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Remote Heap Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a heap-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft SQL Server by sending a specially crafted SQL query. It has two uses: One as a Remote Exploit which needs authentication, and another as an SQL Injection Agent installer module, which needs an SQL Agent as a target.
ESET Smart Security EPFW.SYS Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in ESET Smart Security EPWF.SYS driver when handling a specially crafted IOCTL request. The vulnerability allows local users to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via malformed Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) parameters.