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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.
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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
Microsoft Office Excel RTD Data Record Processing Stack Overwrite Exploit (MS11-021) Update 2
The flaw exists within the methods used for RealTimeData Record Parsing. When handling a stTopic field that has a bit set specifying double byte characters in the following field the value of a global pointer is improperly calculated. This version adds Windows 7 support and updates the CVE number.
Microsoft Office Malformed EPS Use-After-Free File Vulnerability Exploit
Use After Free in Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted EPS file in an Office document, leading to improper memory allocation.
Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploit (MS08-016)
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (.PPT files). The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in mso.dll within the processing of PPT files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened.
Microsoft Office Outlook Linked Attachment Exploit (MS10-045)
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Outlook when verifying attachments that are attached using the ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE value of the PR_ATTACH_METHOD property in a specially crafted e-mail message. 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.
Microsoft Office Outlook Linked Attachment Exploit (MS10-045) Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Outlook when verifying attachments that are attached using the ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE value of the PR_ATTACH_METHOD property in a specially crafted e-mail message. This update uses WebDav.
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PNG data in an Office document, leading to improper memory allocation.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Memory Corruption Exploit (MS09-017) Update
This module exploits a stack overflow on "pp7x32.dll" when it parses an inconsistent record length in sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 95 (PPT95) native file format. This update adds support to Microsoft Office XP, support to Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows Vista.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint pp4x322 DLL Hijacking Exploit
Microsoft Office PowerPoint is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of pp4x322.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .PPT file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Office Powerpoint PPT 4.0 Importer Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS09-017)
This module exploits a stack-based based overflow in Microsoft Office Powerpoint when parsing a malformed .PPT 4.0 file with a specially crafted printer name. 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 Office PowerPoint PPT 7 Memory Corruption Exploit (MS09-017)
This module exploits a stack overflow on "pp7x32.dll" when it parses an inconsistent record length in sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 95 (PPT95) native file format.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Sound Data Exploit (MS09-017)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 95 native file format.
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.
Microsoft Office Publisher pubconv DLL Buffer Overflow Exploit
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Publisher parses Publisher files. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by creating a specially crafted Publisher file (.PUB). 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.
Microsoft Office Publisher TextBox Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-023)
Buffer overflow in file conversion TextBox processing of Microsoft Office Publisher allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file. 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.
Microsoft Office Shared Component DLL Hijacking Exploit (MS11-023)
Microsoft Office is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named rsaenh.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder as a .dotx file.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Document Conversions Exploit
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Document Conversions Launcher Service in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, when the Document Conversions Load Balancer Service is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SOAP request to TCP port 8082
This module exploits a buffer overflow in the owc10.dll ActiveX Control included in Microsoft Office Web Components. 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.
Microsoft Office Web Components Exploit (MS08-017)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft Office Web Components. 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.
Microsoft Office Word File Information Block (FIB) Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS09-068)
A vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Word when handling a specially crafted Word file that includes a malformed File Information Block (FIB). 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.