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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 Word File Information Block (FIB) Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS09-068) Update
A vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office Word when handling a specially crafted Word file that includes a malformed File Information Block (FIB).
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.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word. The flaw is related in how Microsoft Word handles OleLink objects. It is possible to open a RTF file and execute arbitrary code in vulnerables installations of Microsoft Office Word.
This vulnerability was originally seen being exploited in the wild starting in October 2016.
Microsoft Office Word OLE2Link OLE Object Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word. The flaw is related in how Microsoft Word handles OleLink objects. It is possible to open a RTF file and execute arbitrary code in vulnerables installations of Microsoft Office Word.
This vulnerability was originally seen being exploited in the wild starting in October 2016.
This module adds support for Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013 and Microsoft Office 2016.
Microsoft Office Word Property Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS06-038)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Office, and could be exploited when a malformed property included in an Office file was parsed by any of the affected Office applications.
Microsoft Office Word RTF Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-087)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word by sending a specially crafted .RTF file with a malformed pFragments record. 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 RTF Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-087) Update
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word by sending a specially crafted .RTF file with a malformed pFragments record. This update adds support for Office Word 2007 SP2 and Office Word 2002 SP3. 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 wdGetApplicationObject Memory Corruption Exploit
Microsoft Office Word is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability when the wdGetApplicationObject function processes a malformed Word document. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code by convincing an unsuspecting user to open a specially crafted .DOC 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.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Office Works Converter Exploit (MS09-024)
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft Office Works converter that could allow remote code execution via a specially crafted Works file.
Microsoft Outlook Moniker Link UNC Path Information Disclosure Exploit
This exploit leverages an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. By using a crafted path, unauthorized access can be obtained, allowing for the theft of NTLM hashes.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Advanced Search (Finder.exe) feature of Microsoft Outlook (MS07-003). A remote attacker can compromise the vulnerable system by luring unsuspecting users into opening a specially crafted Outlook Saved Searches (OSS) file.
Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid TimeColorBehaviorContainer Record Code Execution Exploit
Microsoft Powerpoint parses a record associated with animation. If a container holds a specific record type, the application will explicitly trust a length used in this record to calculate a pointer for copying floating point numbers to. This can be used to write outside of an allocated buffer and will lead to code execution under the context of the application. 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.
Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid TimeColorBehaviorContainer Record Code Execution Exploit Update
Microsoft Powerpoint parses a record associated with animation. If a container holds a specific record type, the application will explicitly trust a length used in this record to calculate a pointer for copying floating point numbers to. This can be used to write outside of an allocated buffer and will lead to code execution under the context of the application. This update adds Office 2010 support.
Microsoft PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom Record Invalid Index Exploit (MS10-004)
Array index error in Microsoft Powerpoint, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document, aka "PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom" 'placementId' Invalid Array Indexing Vulnerability. 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 PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom Record Invalid Index Exploit (MS10-004) Update
Array index error in Microsoft Powerpoint, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document, aka "PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom" 'placementId' Invalid Array Indexing Vulnerability. This update improves memory management.
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer TextBytesAtom Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-004)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 by sending a specially crafted .PPT file with a malformed TextBytesAtom (0xF0A8) record. 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.
PUBCONV.DLL in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 does not properly clear memory when transferring data from disk to memory, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .pub page via a certain negative value, which bypasses a sanitization procedure that initializes critical pointers to NULL, aka the "Publisher Invalid Memory Reference Vulnerability".
Microsoft Remote Desktop dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit (MS11-017)
Microsoft Remote Desktop is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named dwmapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder as an .RDP 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 Sharepoint Server 2007 Cross Site Scripting Exploit
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/_layouts/help.aspx" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "cid0" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.
Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Microsoft SharePoint Server CreateChildControls Server Side Include Vulnerability Exploit (CVE-2020-16952)
A server-side include in Microsoft SharePoint via CreateChildControls in DataFormWebPart class allows an authenticated user to leak the web.config file and forge a malicious ViewState with the extracted validation key.
The user credentials requires user with page creation privileges, a standard permission.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Microsoft SharePoint Server DataSet Deserialization Remote OS Command Injection Exploit (CVE-2020-1147)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in .NET Framework, Microsoft SharePoint, and Visual Studio when the software fails to check the source markup of XML file input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the process responsible for deserialization of the XML content.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Microsoft SharePoint Server WebParts Deserialization TypeConverters Vulnerability Exploit (CVE-2020-0932)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint when the software fails to check the source markup of an application package. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the SharePoint application pool and the SharePoint server farm account.
Exploitation of this vulnerability requires that a user uploads a specially crafted SharePoint application package to an affected version of SharePoint.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Microsoft SharePoint Server WikiContentWebpart Web Part Remote OS Command Injection Exploit (CVE-2020-1181)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SharePoint Server when it fails to properly identify and filter unsafe ASP.Net web controls, aka 'Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference Exploit (MS13-022)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Silverlight that can allow a specially crafted Silverlight application to access memory in an unsafe manner. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the current user.
This module exploits a vulnerability in XVoice.dll included in the Microsoft Text to Speech Control. The exploit is triggered when the FindEngine() method 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.