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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Exploit Type
Product Name
Disk Pulse Enterprise GET Buffer Overflow Exploit
Disk Pulse server is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability when handling a crafted POST request, this can trigger an overflow in a finite-sized internal memory buffer, and install an agent with SYSTEM priviledges.
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the web interface of DiskSavvy Enterprise caused by improper bounds checking of the request path in HTTP GET requests sent to the built-in web server.
Drupal Form API Ajax Requests Remote OS Command Injection Exploit
Drupal is prone to an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to take advantage of an improper validation of user-supplied data in the Form API Ajax Requests.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
VX Search Command Name Buffer Overflow Exploit
VX Search Enterprise is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability when handling a crafted request, this can trigger an overflow in a finite-sized internal memory buffer, and install an agent with SYSTEM privileges.
A UNICODE Buffer Overflow exists in AllPlayer 7.5 when parsing .m3u files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .m3u files.
An issue was discovered in MalwareFox AntiMalware. Improper access control in zam32.sys and zam64.sys allows a non-privileged process to register itself with the driver by sending IOCTL 0x80002010 and then using IOCTL 0x8000204C to \\.\ZemanaAntiMalware to elevate privileges.
Kingsoft Internet Security Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Kingsoft Internet Security. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaws exists within the processing of IOCTL 0x80030004 or 0x80030008 by the KWatch3.sys (internet security) kernel driver. The issue lies in the failure to properly validate user-supplied data which can result in a kernel stack buffer overflow.
IBM Informix Open Admin Tool SOAP welcomeServer PHP Remote Code Execution Exploit
IBM Informix Open Admin Tool is vulnerable to an unauthenticated php remote code execution, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary php code in the system.
A Buffer Overflow exists in Sync Breeze Enterprise 10.4.18 when parsing .XML files by Command Import. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .XML files.
Symantec Messaging Gateway performRestore OS Command Injection Exploit
Symantec Messaging Gateway is prone to an Authentication Bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to take advantage of an improper validation of user-supplied data in the RestoreAction.performRestore method.
An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of root.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
CloudMe Sync Buffer Overflow Exploit
Unauthenticated remote attackers that can connect to the "CloudMe Sync" client application listening on port 8888, can send a malicious payload causing
a Buffer Overflow condition. This will result in an attacker controlling the programs execution flow and allowing arbitrary code execution on the victims PC.
Linux Kernel Dirty COW Race Condition Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
This module exploits a race condition vulnerability in the Linux Kernel via MAP_PRIVATE COW.
The bug relies in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on the system.
This update improves the post-escalation execution.
Spectre breaks the isolation between different applications. It allows an attacker to trick error-free programs, which follow best practices, into leaking their secrets. In fact, the safety checks of said best practices actually increase the attack surface and may make applications more susceptible to Spectre
HPE Intelligent Management Center is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to take advantage of an improper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in deserialization of untrusted data in WebDMDebugServlet.
An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Cisco WebEx ARF File Binary Planting Exploit
The specific flaw exists within the processing of ARF files. While opening an ARF file, WebEx Network Recording Player loads a DLL from an unqualified path. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
Multiple stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been identified in which the application does not verify string size before copying to memory, the attacker may then be able to crash the application or run arbitrary code.
This update adds support for the new software version and a new CVE.
The waitid implementation in upstream kernels did not restrict the target destination to copy information results. This can allow local users to write to otherwise protected kernel memory, which can lead to privilege escalation.
This update fixes the way non-vulnerable targets are handled