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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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Acoustica MP3 CD Burner ASX Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing malformed ASX playlist files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow tricking a user into opening a specially crafted playlist file containing a ref tag with an overly long href attribute.
Microsoft Jet Database Engine Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database (msjet40.dll) through a Microsoft Word document. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in msjet40.dll within the processing of MDB files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened. This update corrects documentation.
Microsoft Windows GDI Plus WMF Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-052)
When the method WmfEnumState::DibCreatePatternBrush in the GDI Plus library processes a WMF file with a malformed CreatePatternBrush record, this produces a stack overflow.
Now SMS MMS Gateway Web Authorization Buffer Overflow Exploit update
A vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing the web interface of Now SMS MMS Gateway. This version add support for Windows 2003 and all systems with DEP enabled.
Acoustica Mixcraft is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability in the handling of .MX4 project files, because the application fails to bounds-check user-supplied data, before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer.
Blue Coat K9 Web Protection Referer Privilege Escalation Exploit
K9 Web Protection's local administration interface is vulnerable to a stack based buffer overflow while processing Referer HTTP headers. Local attackers could abuse this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code as SYSTEM.
Adobe PDF JavaScript Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 3
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in collectEmailInfo() method in EScript.api. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted PDF file is opened. This update adds support for Mac OS X 10.4.x and 10.5.x.
Microsoft Windows Image Color Management Exploit (MS08-046)
This module exploits a heap overflow vulnerability in the OpenColorProfileW function of mscms.dll through a malformed EMF file embedded in an HTML file.
Microsoft Visual Studio Masked Edit Control Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the msmask32.ocx ActiveX Control included in Microsoft Visual Studio 6. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Message Service Exploit
CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability on the RPC interface that could permit the execution of arbitrary remote code. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and completely compromise the computer.
Using the VMWare VMCI Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability it is possible run code in the host machine. This module sends a malformed message through hardware port to host exploiting the vmware-vmx.exe process and installing an agent.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the Formats plug-in (Formats.dll) when handling IFF files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted IFF file.
CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup LGServer Service Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the LGServer Service (LGServer.exe) component of CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops and Desktops and installs an agent if successful. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely by sending a specially crafted packet to port TCP/1900.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the PWButtonXControl1.ocx control included in the Anzio Web Print Object application. The exploit is triggered when the mainuri property processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. 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 module exploits an error during processing of FORMAT records when loading Excel files into memory that can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted XLS file containing an out-of-bounds array index.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer Exploit (MS08-051)
This module exploits a memory allocation error in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with a malformed picture index that triggers memory corruption.
Now SMS MMS Gateway Web Authorization Buffer Overflow Exploit
A vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing the web interface of Now SMS MMS Gateway.
A security vulnerability with the way XnView processes TAAC files may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a TAAC document that is opened or previewed by a local user to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running XnView. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened or previewed in XnView.
Windows I2O Utility Filter Driver Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Windows I2O Utility Filter Driver when the 0x222F80 IOCTL in i2omgmt.sys is invoked with a specially crafted parameter. The IOCTL 0x222F80 handler in the i2omgmt.sys device driver in Windows I2O Utility Filter Driver allows local users to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via malformed Interrupt Request Packet (IRP) parameters.
Mac OS X pppd Plugin Loading Privilege Escalation Exploit
The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check.