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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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IBM Lotus Domino LSUB IMAP Server Buffer Overflow Exploit
Exploits a stack buffer overflow in the Lotus Domino IMAP Server for windows version 7.0.2FP1 after authentication.
VLC Media Player Format String exploit linux support update
This module tries to attack VLC Media Player by sending a crafted OGG file that triggers a format string and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering. This update adds support for linux.
This update fixes errors and improves the reliability of the following exploits: -Adobe PDF URI Handler Exploit -QuickTime RTSP URL exploit -QuickTime RTSP Content-Type exploit
The windows Message Queuing Service is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability on the rpc interface that could permit the execution of arbitrary remote code.
Windows Animated Cursor Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Windows handles cursor, animated cursor, and icon formats. An attacker could try to exploit the vulnerability by constructing a malicious cursor or icon file that could potentially allow remote code execution if a user visited a malicious Web site or viewed a specially crafted e-mail message (MS07-017). This update adds support for default installs of Windows XP from sp0 to sp2, Windows Vista and Windows 2003 from sp0 to sp2.
IBM Lotus Domino IMAP Server Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in a Lotus Domino IMAP Server and installs an agent if successful. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely and it does not require user authentication. This update adds support for Lotus Domino for windows versions 6.5, 7.0.1, 7.0.1FP1, and 7.0.2.
This module runs a server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting a vulnerability in Apple QuickTime, which allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. This updates adds Vista as a supported platform for Quicktime 7.3 and also targets Quicktime version 7.2 in both Windows XP and Windows Vista.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the InstallShield Update Service ActiveX control (isusweb.dll) in MacroVision FLEXnet Connect and InstallShield 2008.
This module runs a server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting a vulnerability in Apple QuickTime, which allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the PDWizard.ocx of the Visual Studio application. The module will run a malicious website in the CORE IMPACT console and wait for a user to connect and trigger the exploit.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the JetAudio ActiveX Control (JetFlExt.dll). The exploit is triggered when a special string argument is processed by the DownloadFromMusicStore() method resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow.
This module exploits a vulnerability in DHCP Server in OpenBSD. The vulnerability is caused due to the improper handling of DHCP requests within dhcpd in the cons_options() function in options.c. This cause a stack-based buffer corruption by sending a specially crafted DHCP request specifying a maximum message size smaller than 278.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Shared Trace Service (ovtrcsvc.exe) of the HP OpenView application. The exploit triggers a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted packet to port 5053/TCP of the vulnerable system and installs an agent if successful.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows NAT Helper Component (ipnathlp.dll) when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, sending a specially crafted DNS query.
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 module exploits a vulnerability caused due to a boundary error in the ierpplug.dll of the Real Player application. 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.
MSRPC Samba Command Injection exploit update 2 for IMPACT 7.5
This update adds support for FreeBSD and OpenBSD. This module exploits a command injection vulnerability in the function AddPrinterW in Samba 3, reached through an AddPrinter remote request.
HP Linux Imaging and Printing exploit for Impact 7.5
A vulnerability has been identified in HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (HPLIP), which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by input validation errors in the hpssd daemon that does not validate user-supplied data before being passed to a popen3() call, which could be exploited by malicious users to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This package include local and remote versions of the exploit.