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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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This module exploits a code execution vulnerability in the Veritas Web Server service by sending a specially crafted authentication request to the 14300/TCP port. That can be exploited by local users to gain elevated privileges.
BigAnt IM Server USV Request Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the AntServer Module (AntServer.exe) to cause a stack-based buffer overflow, by sending a specially crafted, overly long "USV" request to the TCP port where the server is listening.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
HP OpenView NNM ovalarm CGI Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ovalarm.exe application, part of the HP OpenView Network Node Manager application. The exploit triggers a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the ports 3443/TCP or 80/TCP of the vulnerable system and installs an agent if successful.
Anti Keylogger Elite Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Anti keylogger elite when the 0x002224A4 function is invoked with a specially crafted parameter. The IOCTL 0x002224A4 handler in the AKEProtect.sys device driver in Anti Keylogger Elite allows local users to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via malformed Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) parameters to obtain system privileges. This update improves the checks to verify whether the vulnerable application is installed or not.
Microsoft Office Excel Malformed Object Exploit (MS09-009) Update
This module exploits Microsoft Office 2007 systems via a crafted Excel document that triggers an access attempt on an invalid SST record. This update modifies the CVE number related to the module to correctly reflect the specific vulnerability which is being exploited.
AOL Radio IWinAmpActiveX ConvertFile() Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in AOL Radio ActiveX to install an agent.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Apache Incomplete Header DoS
This module creates a large number of connections to the Apache server that are left opened preventing it from accepting legitimate requests. WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released version in order to deliver a module as quickly as possible to our customers that may be useful in some situations. Since this module is not the final version it may contain bugs or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
Windows
Denial of Service/Remote
Impact
Winamp gen_ff DLL Buffer Overflow Exploit
Winamp is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input.
Total Video Player M3U Playlist Buffer Overflow Exploit
Total Video Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Total Video Player when handling .M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .M3U file
This module exploits a Remote Arbitrary File Creation/Execution vulnerability in the AppendBinary and SaveToFile function in Chilkat to deploy an agent.
This module sends HTTP requests that causes the Squid Web Proxy to stop running.
Linux
Denial of Service/Remote
Impact
BitTorrent Created By Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the processing of .TORRENT files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by tricking the user into opening a .TORRENT file containing an overly long Created By field.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the parsing of playlists (.m3u, .pls, and .asx) containing an overly long file name. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted playlist file.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer Exploit (MS08-051)
This module exploits a memory allocation error in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with a malformed picture index that triggers memory corruption.
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.
MSRPC Server Service Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-067) Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft Server service sending a specially crafted RPC request. This module improves the reliability of the exploit on Windows 2000 and adds support for Windows XP SP3.
Perdition IMAP proxy str_vwrite format string exploit
The format string protection mechanism in IMAPD for Perdition Mail Retrieval Proxy 1.17 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an IMAP tag with a null byte followed by a format string specifier, which is not counted by the mechanism.
Stack-based buffer overflow in the DoWebMenuAction function in the IncrediMail IMMenuShellExt ActiveX control (ImShExt.dll) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. This update improves the exploit reliability.
This module exploits a buffer overflow in SurgeMail Mail Server and installs an agent into the target host. A buffer overflow vulnerability is located in the function which handles the real CGI executables. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to this module.
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.
This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to a boundary error in the ierpplug.dll of the Real Player application. 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 the NCTAudioFile2.AudioFile ActiveX Control (NCTAudioFile2.dll) used by various multimedia applications. The exploit is triggered when a long string argument is processed by the SetFormatLikeSample() method 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.