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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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Mac OS X pppd Plugin Loading Privilege Escalation Exploit
The PPP daemon (pppd) in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 checks ownership of the stdin file descriptor to determine if the invoker has sufficient privileges, which allows local users to load arbitrary plugins and gain root privileges by bypassing this check.
Download Accelerator Plus M3U Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Download Accelerator Plus when importing a M3U file (MP3 Playlist) and verify option is used, may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a crafted M3U document that is opened by a local user to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running Download Accelerator Plus. This can be exploited to cause a stack based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is imported and the verify button is used in DAP.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word(.DOC files). The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in winword.exe within the processing of DOC files. This can be exploited to cause a memory corruption when a specially crafted file is opened.
Sun ONE Web Server-NSS challenge overflow exploit update
A heap overflow in Netscape Network Security Services (NSS) library used by the Sun ONE Web Server is exploited remotely gaining control of the execution flow on the target host. This package updates the exploit.
Adobe PDF JavaScript Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error 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 update adds support for Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista SP1.
A memory corruption vulnerability in the ChkNtfSock function of wins.exe allows remote code execution. This update adds support for Windows 2000 Server SP4, Windows 2003 Server SP1 and SP2.
Adobe PDF JavaScript Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error 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 update adds support for Adobe Reader 7.0.9.
Adobe Flash Player SWF Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player triggered when processing a specially crafted SWF file. This update adds support for Windows Vista.
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in GDI in Microsoft Windows, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted EMF image file. This update adds support for Windows XP Professional SP0 and Windows XP Professional SP1
OpenOffice OLE DocumentSummaryInformation Heap Overflow Exploit
A security vulnerability with the way OpenOffice.org processes OLE files may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides an OpenOffice.org document that is opened by a local user to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the user running OpenOffice.org. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened.
A memory corruption vulnerability in the ChkNtfSock function of wins.exe allows remote code execution. The WINS service listens on more than one UDP port (it listens on 42/udp and also on a dynamic UDP port). This attack targets the dynamic udp port, thus it requires the identification of such dynamic port by the user. This can be accomplished by running a port scanner module such as the 'Port Scanner - UDP' module.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Ghostscript software included in most Linux distributions. The vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow in the ICC parser at the zseticcspace function in zicc.c in Ghostscript 8.61 and earlier. The exploit is triggered when an unsuspecting user opens a specially crafted file distributed via an email.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the CTSUEng.ocx control included in the Creative Software AutoUpdate application. The exploit is triggered when the CacheFolder property processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. 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 vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing ASUS Remote Console. This exploit disables DEP in the supported systems.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the database service (ibserver.exe) of the Borland InterBase 2007 application. The exploit triggers an integer overflow and causes a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted packet to port 3050/TCP of the vulnerable system and installs an agent if successful.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Apache Tomcat JK Web Server Connector and installs an agent. An attacker can use an overly long URL to trigger a buffer overflow in the URL work map routine (map_uri_to_worker()) in the mod_jk.so library, resulting in the compromise of the target system. This package improves the reliability of the exploit.