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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Adobe Flash Player SharedObject Use-After-Free Exploit
Adobe Flash Player is prone to a use-after-free vulnerability when finishing a Worker thread containing a SharedObject. This vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable machines by convincing an unsuspecting user to visit a web site containing a specially crafted SWF file. This vulnerability has been found exploited in-the-wild during February 2014.
Adobe Flash Player shared ByteArray Use-After-Free Exploit
This module exploits a Use-After-Free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. The method ByteArray::clear does not notify the suscriber when frees the memory assigned to a ByteArray object leaving a dangling pointer that can be later dereferenced. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable machines by enticing unsuspecting users to visit a website serving a specially crafted SWF Flash file. This vulnerability was found exploited in the wild in February 2015.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player triggered when processing a specially crafted SWF file. 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 exploit works only with ActiveX implementation (Flash9e.ocx) of Adobe Flash Player through Microsoft Internet Explorer.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player triggered when processing a specially crafted .SWF file. 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 exploit works with the ActiveX implementation (Flash10b.ocx and prior versions) of Adobe Flash Player through Microsoft Internet Explorer and also with the Mozilla Firefox Plugin (NPSWF32.dll).
Adobe Flash Player SWF File Memory Corruption Exploit
This module exploits a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player when parsing a specially crafted .SWF file, which can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable machines by convincing an unsuspecting user to visit a malicious web site. This vulnerability has been found exploited in-the-wild during April 2011.
Adobe Flash Player SWF File Uninitialized Memory Exploit
A vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an uninitialized memory access triggered by a specially crafted .SWF file, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This module creates a Microsoft Office Excel .XLS document containing an embedded .SWF file, and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the vulnerability by opening the .XLS file with Microsoft Office Excel. This vulnerability has been found exploited in-the-wild during March 2011.
Adobe Flash Player SWF Load Crafted Module Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player triggered when processing a specially crafted SWF file. 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.
Adobe Flash Professional CS5 dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit
Adobe Flash Professional CS5 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .FLA file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .FLA file. This file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through remote WebDAV shares. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.
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Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Exploit
This module exploits a type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability has been found exploited in-the-wild during December 2013.
Adobe Illustrator CS4 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of aires.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than the .AIT file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .AIT file. This file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through remote WebDAV shares. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Adobe Illustrator CS5 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named dwmapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .AIT file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .AIT file. This file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through remote WebDAV shares. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Adobe Illustrator is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks when processing a malformed EPS file with a long DSC comment in encapsulated postscritps (.eps) files.
Adobe InDesign CS4 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named dwmapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .INX file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .INX file. This file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through remote WebDAV shares. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Adobe LiveCycle Designer is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named objectassisten_US.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .TDS file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .TDS file. This file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through remote WebDAV shares. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in MAIPM6.DLL when handling font names in PageMaker (.PMD) files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially-crafted .PMD file containing an overly long font name.
Adobe PDF Customdictionaryopen Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in the customdictionaryopen() method in Javascript api. This can be exploited to cause a stack overflow when a specially crafted PDF file is opened. 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.
Adobe PDF FlateDecode Argument Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a heap based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader when handling a specially crafted PDF file. 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 a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader when handling a specially crafted PDF file. 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 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 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.
Adobe PDF Newplayer JavaScript Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in newplayer() method in multimedia.api. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow when a specially crafted .PDF file is opened. 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.
Adobe Reader and Acrobat PDF subroutine pointer exploit
This module runs a web 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 Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering. The module will send an e-mail with an attached .pdf file. This file will deploy an agent when opened by the user.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.0.1 and earlier on systems with Internet Explorer 7 installed. The module will send an e-mail with an attached .pdf file. This file will deploy an agent when opened by the user.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .PSD file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .PSD file. This file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through remote WebDAV shares. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.