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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Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
TwonkyMedia Server Error Page Cross Site Scripting Exploit
Input passed via the URL is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Tomcat orderby Cross Site Scripting Exploit
There is a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack. An attacker able to cause a user to follow a specially crafted malicious link may be able to recover session identifiers or exploit browser vulnerabilities. The orderby parameter is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Zope standard_error_message Cross Site Scripting Exploit
Unspecified input is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user via a "standard_error_message" template. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site. The vulnerabilities are reported in version 2.12.2, 2.11.5 and 2.10.21. Other versions may also be affected. Once the vulnerability is confirmed by Core Impact, if you want to check this exploit manually, replace the "REPLACE" keyword with "%80".
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
UplusFtp Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
An internal memory buffer may be overrun while handling long "APPE" command. This condition may be exploited by attackers to ultimately execute instructions with the privileges of the ftpbasicsvr.exe process. UplusFtp server will be left inaccessible after successful exploitation.
Windows
Exploits / Remote
Impact
UnrealIRCd Backdoor Unauthorized Access Exploit
This module exploits a remote command execution vulnerability found in some distributions of UnrealIRCd that contain a backdoor and installs an agent into the target host. The backdoor is present on the file Unreal3.2.8.1.tar.gz that was maliciously replaced on certain mirrors. The vulnerable file has the following MD5 checksum: 752e46f2d873c1679fa99de3f52a274d.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing MiniShare. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within MiniShare when processing HTTP GET Request. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to the affected command. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
Local File Inclusion vulnerability in admin/index.php in TinyWebGallery 1.7.6 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include local files via the lang parameter, which leads to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting data into the log files.
Trend Micro Control Manager CmdProcessor.exe AddTask Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
The CmdProcessor.exe service of Trend Micro Control Manager is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow, which can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted IPC packet to the vulnerable service. This exploit bypasses Data Execution Prevention (DEP).
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition when processing passwords with cgiChkMasterPwd.exe vulnerable module. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to this module.
TurboFTP Server PORT Command Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in TurboFTP Server. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely by sending a specially crafted PORT command to port TCP/21.
Windows
Exploits / Remote
Impact
Ultra Mini HTTPD Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a server running Mini HTTPD. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within Mini HTTPD when processing HTTP GET Request. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to the affected command. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
This exploit sends messages of 256 bytes to "cam.exe" service in order to fill all target memory with the exploit code. The last message forces a buffer overflow and executes the code sent embedded in the previous messages.
A cross-site scripting vulnerability is present in TestLink before 1.8.5 allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the req parameter to login.php.