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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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Microsoft GDI EMF Exploit (MS08-021)
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 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
Microsoft Group Policy Preferences Exploit (MS14-025)
The Group Policy implementation in Microsoft Windows does not properly handle distribution of passwords, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive credential information and consequently gain privileges by leveraging access to the SYSVOL share.
Microsoft Host Integration Server Remote DoS (MS11-082)
Microsoft Host Integration Server is prone to a remote denial of service due to improper memory handling by the process SnaBase.exe when parsing UDP packets arriving on port 1478.
Microsoft HTML Help Workshop HHP Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft HTML Workshop. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Microsoft HTML Help Workshop within the processing of .HHP files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened.
This module exploits a stack buffer overflow vulnerability present in Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 5.1 through 6.0.
This update makes the name of the file used random to improve reliability, as well as avoid a system error when the file is used. It also adds the possibility of deploying multiple agents.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a Javascript BODY onload event that calls the window function. This module exploits this vulnerability and installs an agent.
Microsoft Internet Explorer CButton Object Use After Free Exploit
Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a use after free vulnerability caused by an object that was not properly allocated or is deleted.
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.
Microsoft Internet Explorer CCaret Use-After-Free Exploit (MS13-069)
Use after free in Internet Explorer when handling the caret (text cursor) object. Successful control of the freed memory may leverage arbitrary code execution under the context of the user.
Microsoft Internet Explorer CDisplayPointer Use-After-Free Exploit (MS13-080)
Use after free in Internet Explorer when handling a CDisplayPointer object via the use of a "onpropertychange" event handler. Successful control of the freed memory may leverage arbitrary code execution under the context of the user.
Microsoft Internet Explorer CFlatMarkupPointer Use-After-Free (MS13-059)
Use after free in Internet Explorer when an invalid reference to CFlatMarkupPointer is used. Successful control of the freed memory may leverage arbitrary code execution under the context of the user.
Microsoft Internet Explorer CInput Object Use-After-Free Exploit(MS14-035)
A use after free vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to accessing a freed CInput object in memory.
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a malicious web page. In the case of successful exploitation, arbitrary attacker code would be executed in the security context of the target user.
Microsoft Internet Explorer CMarkup Object Use-After-Free Exploit (MS14-021) Update 2
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the CMarkup::IsConnectedToPrimaryMarkup function, as exploited in the wild in April 2014.
This update solves an issue with the Internet Explorer version detection the module executes, that may show an error message in the browser and an indication of the browser not being supported in the web server module log, even when the version of the target browser is actually supported.
Microsoft Internet Explorer CMarkup Object Use-After-Free Exploit (MS14-021) Update 3
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the CMarkup::IsConnectedToPrimaryMarkup function, as exploited in the wild in April 2014.
This update adds support for Internet Explorer 11.