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.
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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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Sudo Setcmnd Heap Buffer Overflow Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
Sudo before 1.9.5p2 has a Heap-based Buffer Overflow, allowing privilege escalation to root via "sudoedit -s" and a command-line argument that ends with a single backslash character.
This module exploits a path traversal vulnerability in the FortiOS SSL VPN web portal which allows an unauthenticated attacker to download FortiOS system files through specially crafted HTTP resource requests.
Microsoft Exchange Proxylogon Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploit
This module first exploits a server side request forgery vulnerability present in Microsoft.Exchange.HttpProxy of Microsoft Exchange Server to bypass authentication. Then an arbitrary file write vulnerability present in WriteFileActivity of Microsoft.Exchange.Management.ControlPanel.DIService is used to deploy a .aspx file and execute commands. The deployed agent will run with the SYSTEM privileges.
F5 BIG-IP iControl REST API Remote Code Execution Exploit
This vulnerability allows for unauthenticated attackers with network access to the iControl REST interface, through the BIG-IP management interface and self IP addresses, to execute arbitrary system commands, create or delete files, and disable services. This vulnerability can only be exploited through the control plane and cannot be exploited through the data plane. Exploitation can lead to complete system compromise. The BIG-IP system in Appliance mode is also vulnerable.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
VMware vCenter Server uploadova TAR Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Exploit
This module uses an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability via uploadova plugin in VMware vCenter Server to upload and extract a TAR file. This TAR file contains a path traversal that allows writing files at arbitraries locations. In the vulnerable 6.5.X and 6.7.X (build 13010631 and lower) versions of VMware vCenter Server, a JSP file is deployed to gain arbitrary code execution. In the vulnerable 6.7.X (build 13643870 and greater) and 7.X versions, a file with public keys are uploaded to the vsphere-ui user home directory and then used to deploy an agent via SSH.
SolarWinds Orion Collector Service MSMQ Deserialization Remote Code Execution Exploit
SolarWinds Orion is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute system commands. Using the lack of permissions that the Collector Service set on its private queues, it is possible to remotely send messages that will be deserialized allowing to execute commands as SYSTEM.
This module uses an unauthenticated remote PHP file upload vulnerability via File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin in WordPress to upload and execute a PHP agent file to gain arbitrary code execution on the affected system.
This module uses an authenticated JNDI injection vulnerability via JndiBindingHandle class in Oracle Weblogic Server to upload and execute a java class file to gain arbitrary code execution on the affected system.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Apache Unomi Remote Code Execution Exploit
Apache Unomi allows conditions to use OGNL and MVEL scripting which offers the possibility to call static Java classes from the JDK that could execute code with the permission level of the running Java process.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Ghostcat Local File Inclusion Exploit
In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.30, 8.5.0 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.99, Tomcat shipped with an AJP Connector enabled by default that listened on all configured IP addresses. It was expected (and recommended in the security guide) that this Connector would be disabled if not required.
This module exploits a file disclosure vulnerability in Pulse Connect Secure SSL VPN which allows an unauthenticated attacker to download system files through specially crafted HTTP resource requests.
Microsoft SharePoint Server DataSet Deserialization Remote OS Command Injection Exploit (CVE-2020-1147)
This module exploits a deserialization vulnerability present in the DataSet object of Microsoft SharePoint Server to deploy an agent. The deployed agent will run with the SharePoint Server service account privileges.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
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Microsoft SharePoint Server CreateChildControls Server Side Include Vulnerability Exploit (CVE-2020-16952)
This module exploits a server side include vulnerability present in CreateChildControls of Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.DataFormWebPart class of Microsoft SharePoint Server to deploy an agent. The deployed agent will run with the SharePoint Server service account privileges.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
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Microsoft SharePoint Server WebParts Deserialization TypeConverters Vulnerability Exploit (CVE-2020-0932)
This module exploits a deserialization vulnerability present in WebParts object via TypeConverters of Microsoft SharePoint Server to deploy an agent. The deployed agent will run with the SharePoint Server service account privileges.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Microsoft SharePoint Server WikiContentWebpart Web Part Remote OS Command Injection Exploit (CVE-2020-1181)
This module exploits a OS Command Injection via ASP.NET markup vulnerability present in the WikiContentWebpart Web Part of Microsoft SharePoint Server to deploy an agent. The deployed agent will run with the SharePoint Server service account privileges.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Microsoft Windows Bad Neighbor DoS
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows TCP/IP stack improperly handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the ability to execute code on the target server or client. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to send specially crafted ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets to a remote Windows computer. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Windows TCP/IP stack handles ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.
Docker Desktop allows local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM because it mishandles the collection of diagnostics with Administrator privileges, leading to arbitrary DACL permissions overwrites and arbitrary file writes. This affects Docker Desktop Enterprise before 2.1.0.9, Docker Desktop for Windows Stable before 2.2.0.4, and Docker Desktop for Windows Edge before 2.2.2.0.
EVGA Precision X1 WinRing Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
The vulnerability allows read and write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges, by mapping \Device\PhysicalMemory into the calling process via MmMapIoSpace().
MSI Ambient Link Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
Multiple stack buffer overflows were found in the MSI AmbientLink MsIo64 driver when processing IoControlCode (IOCTL) 0x80102040, 0x80102044, 0x80102050, 0x80102054. Local attackers, including low integrity processes, can exploit these vulnerabilities and consequently gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges.
Oracle Coherence T3 ExtractorComparator Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit
Oracle Coherence (Caching, CacheStore and Invocation Components) is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to take advantage of a Java deserialization vulnerability. By exploiting known methods, it is possible to remotely connect to the Coherence port via T3 protocol to invoke the extract method of the ReflectionExtractor class, which allows the execution of system commands. ExtractorComparator class is used to access ReflectionExtractor class, a bypass for the original patch for CVE-2020-2555.
Oracle Weblogic Server MBeanUtilsInitSingleFileServlet service Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit
Oracle WebLogic Server is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute system commands. By exploiting known methods, it is possible to remotely instantiate several java classes that allows to execute system commands.