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. Witten by our own internal team, 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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Microsoft Windows CreateDIBPalette Local DoS
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows via a specially crafted call to the vulnerable function CreateDIBPalette.
Microsoft Windows DNS Resolution Remote DoS (MS11-030)
This module exploits a memory corruption in the DNS Client Service by sending a specially crafted LLMNR broadcast queries to crash the service. The attack must be issued from the same local net of the target host.
Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType Fonts Integer Overflow DoS (MS09-065)
This module causes a DoS in win32k.sys when attempts to render an embedded font. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer) to connect to it.
Microsoft Windows HTTP Services UPnP Integer Underflow DoS (MS09-013)
This module broadcasts a UDP packet in the net redirecting all the Windows machines to the Impact HTTP server. When the target is connected to HTTP server, the HTTP server responses a page with malformed encoded data ( gzip ). This module exploits a remote vulnerability on 'SSDP Discovery Service'.
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V VMBus Non Responsiveness DoS (MS11-047)
This module hooks a function of the guest OS network driver. When this function is called, it sends a packet to the host through the "vmbus mechanism". This hook modifies the packet before being sent to the host. Then, a host driver ( vmswitch.sys ) processes this "modified packet" and it ends producing a non responsiveness effect on the all virtual machines running at the time.
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V VMBus Vulnerability DoS (MS10-102)
This module hooks a function of the guest OS network driver. When this function is called, it sends a packet to the host through the "vmbus mechanism". This hook modifies the packet before being sent to the host. Then, a host driver ( vmswitch.sys ) processes this "modified packet" and it ends crashing the host.
Microsoft Windows ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Remote DoS (MS10-009)
This module exploits a memory corruption in the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP implementation of ICMPv6 by sending a sequence of TCP/IP packets with a specially crafted Router Advertisement packet. The attack must be issued from the same local net of the target host.
Microsoft Windows MSMQ Null Pointer DoS (MS09-040)
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Message Queue Service driver (MQAC.SYS). The IOCTL handler in the MQAC.SYS device driver allows local users to overwrite memory via malformed Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) parameters.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Message Queue Service driver (MQAC.SYS). The IOCTL handler in the MQAC.SYS device driver allows local users to overwrite memory via malformed Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) parameters.
Microsoft Windows NtGdiFastPolyPolyline memory corruption DoS (MS09-006)
This module exploits a kernel memory corruption on win32k.sys, allowing remote attackers to restart the computer via a specially crafted EMF image file.
Microsoft Windows OpenType Font Double Free DoS (MS10-091)
A double free vulnerability in the OpenType Font (OTF) driver in Windows could allow local users to escalate their privileges via a specially crafted OpenType font.
Microsoft Windows Registry SymLink DoS (MS010-021)
A denial of service vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel due to the manner in which the kernel processes the values of symbolic links. This module exploits the vulnerability, causing the system to become unresponsive and automatically restart.
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol DoS (MS12-036)
This modules exploits a kernel vulnerability in Microsoft Remote Desktop server by sending a sequence of specially crafted RDP packets to the target system.