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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 Windows splwow64 Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation Exploit
The specific flaw exists within the user-mode printer driver host process splwow64.exe. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges from low integrity and execute code in the context of the current user at medium integrity.
Microsoft Windows splwow64 Untrusted Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
The specific flaw exists within the user-mode printer driver host process splwow64.exe. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges from low integrity and execute code in the context of the current user at medium integrity.
This update improves the reliability and adds support for more patch levels.
Microsoft Windows SRV.SYS Server Driver DoS (MS06-035)
A boundary error in the Server service (SRV.SYS) when handling first-class Mailslot messages can be exploited to corrupt memory by sending a specially crafted packet to the service.
Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) Remote Code Execution Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft MSDT, which can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable machines by convincing an unsuspecting user to open a malicious document.
Microsoft Windows Sysret Instruction Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS12-042)
On Intel CPUs, sysret to non-canonical addresses causes a fault on the sysret instruction itself after the stack pointer is set to guest value but before the current privilege level (CPL) is changed. Windows is vulnerable due to the way the Windows User Mode Scheduler handles system requests. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent with root privileges.
Microsoft Windows Sysret Instruction Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS12-042) Update
On Intel CPUs, sysret to non-canonical addresses causes a fault on the sysret instruction itself after the stack pointer is set to guest value but before the current privilege level (CPL) is changed. Windows is vulnerable due to the way the Windows User Mode Scheduler handles system requests. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent with system privileges. This update fixes an issue in the documentation.
Microsoft Windows SystemDefaultEUDCFont Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows by setting a specially crafted SystemDefaultEUDCFont value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\EUDC Registry key, and then calling EnableEUDC() function in GDI32 library. It will enable local unprivileged users to gain SYSTEM privileges. 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 Windows SystemDefaultEUDCFont Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows by setting a specially crafted SystemDefaultEUDCFont value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\EUDC Registry key, and then calling EnableEUDC() function in GDI32 library. It will enable local unprivileged users to gain SYSTEM privileges. This update adds support for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Task Scheduler Service validates certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a victim system.
Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Service Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Service. This vulnerability is currently exploited by the Stuxnet malware. 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 Windows Task Scheduler Service Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Service. This vulnerability is currently exploited by the Stuxnet malware. This update adds support for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 x64.
Microsoft Windows TCP IP Arbitrary Write Local Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS14-070)
The TCP/IP Driver (tcpip.sys) present in Microsoft Windows fails to sufficiently validate memory objects used during the processing of a user-provided IOCTL. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by sending a specially crafted IOCTL (0x00120028) to the vulnerable driver.
Microsoft Windows TCP IPv6 Router Advertisement Message DoS (MS14-006)
This module exploits a vulnerability in tcpip.sys by sending a big number of router advertisement messages to the target causing a stop responding behavior.
Microsoft Windows TCP TimeStamp Option Vulnerability DoS (MS14-031) Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in "tcpip.sys" by sending a large number of TCP packets with the Time Stamp option enabled. This update adds support to network configuration parameters. Besides, this update includes Windows 8.1 as supported.
This module triggers a remote denial of service condition on Microsoft Windows (BSoD) by sending a specially crafted sequence of HTTP 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.
Microsoft Windows TCPIP SACK Remote DoS (MS10-009)
This module exploits a memory corruption in the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP implementation by sending a sequence of TCP/IP packets with a specially crafted Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) values. 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 Windows TCPIP Timestamp Remote DoS (MS09-048)
This module exploits a memory corruption in the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP implementation by sending a sequence of TCP/IP packets with a specially crafted Timestamp values. 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 Windows Telephony Service exploit Update
This module connects to Telephony Service and sends a message via lineSetAppPriorityW winapi32 producing a buffer overflow and installs an agent. This update fixes a bug that occurs when this module is launched by RPT, with a newer Windows platform such as Windows Seven as target.
Microsoft Windows Telnet Credential Reflection (MS09-042)
This module exploits a vulnerability on telnet.exe using SMB relay attack. 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 Windows Telnet Server ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket DoS (MS15-002)
A stack-based buffer overflow in the ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket function in the Microsoft Telnet Server Helper (tlntsess.exe) can be used by remote unauthenticated attackers to render the Telnet server unresponsive. 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 Windows Telnet Server ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket DoS (MS15-002) Update
A stack-based buffer overflow in the ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket function in the Microsoft Telnet Server Helper (tlntsess.exe) can be used by remote unauthenticated attackers to render the Telnet server unresponsive. This update improves the way in which this module detects if the attack was successful.