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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Microsoft Office Spoofing NTLMv2 Disclosure Vulnerability
This exploit leverages an Information Disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Office. By sending an email with a specially crafted link, an attacker can coerce authentication to an untrusted server and steal NTLM hashes. The link points to an HTTP server. When the client opens it in a browser, if the user is on the trusted list, it connects to the HTTP server and obtains the NTLM user hashes. This exploit does not install an agent, it manages to obtain the NTLM hash of a legitimate user.
Microsoft Office Spoofing NTLMv2 Disclosure Vulnerability Exploit
The vulnerability exploits Office URI schemes to redirect HTTP requests to UNC paths using redirection. This enables attackers to bypass URI restrictions and capture NTLMv2 hashes.
This issue allows unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary commands on the server due to a command injection vulnerability in the `cmd_realtime.php` file. The vulnerability arises when the `register_argc_argv` option of PHP is enabled, which is the default setting in many environments. The `$poller_id` used in command execution is sourced from `$_SERVER['argv']`, which can be manipulated through URLs when this option is enabled. This module exploits this vulnerability sending a special request to 'cmd_realtime.php' that sets $_SERVER['argv'] into an os command.
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F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager SQL Injection Vulnerability Exploit
An SQL injection vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Next Central Manager may allow unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass authentication in the target application.
Nagios XI monitoringwizard SQL Injection vulnerability Exploit
The CVE-2024-24401 vulnerability in Nagios XI version 2024R1.01 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code through an SQL injection in the monitoringwizard.php component. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. The CVE-2024-24402 vulnerability affects Nagios XI version 2024R1.01, enabling a remote attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted script targeting the /usr/local/nagios/bin/npcd component.
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Microsoft Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit (CVE-2024-30090)
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to the MS KS WOW Thunk kernel module allowing untrusted pointer dereference. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to run code with elevated privileges.
An authentication bypass vulnerability in Progress OpenEdge allows unauthenticated remote attackers to authenticate in the target application as NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM.
Palo Alto Networks OS (PAN-OS) Remote Code Execution Exploit
An authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software(CVE-2024-0012) enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the management web interface to gain PAN-OS administrator privileges to perform administrative actions. A privilege escalation vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software(CVE-2024-9474) allows a PAN-OS administrator with access to the management web interface to perform actions on the firewall with root privileges. This module exploits these two vulnerabilities CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474 in order to deploy an agent.
This module exploits CVE-2024-5910 to reset the password of the admin. For doing this, it will craft a special request to the endpoint /OS/startup/restore/restoreAdmin.php. After getting the admin password, it will authenticate with the admin credentials and it will exploit CVE-2024-9464 in order to deploy an agent. The exploitation of CVE-2024-9464 consists in crafting a special request to the endpoint /bin/CronJobs.php. As an authenticated user we can abuse this endpoint for inserting commands in the table cronjobs from pandb.
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Windows Ks Driver KSPROPERTY Privilege Escalation Exploit
A vulnerability in Kernel Streaming (ks.sys driver) allows arbitrary IOCTL_KS_PROPERTY operations. A double fetch vulnerability in KspPropertyHandler, can be used to gain system privileges.
CVE-2023-43208 stems from an insecure data deserialization process in Mirth Connect's use of the XStream library, which improperly processes untrusted XML payloads.This deserialization flaw enables us to exploit the system by sending crafted XML requests to execute code remotely on the server.
Microsoft Kernel Streaming WOW Thunk Service Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to the MS KS WOW Thunk kernel module allow accessing memory out of bounds. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to run code with elevated privileges.
Linux OpenPrinting cups-browsed Remote Code Execution Exploit
A chain of vulnerabilities in cups-browsed, libcupsfilters, libppd and cups-filters allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute system commands.
In GeoServer prior to versions 2.23.6, 2.24.4, and 2.25.2, multiple OGC request parameters allow Remote Code Execution (RCE) by unauthenticated users through specially crafted input against a default GeoServer installation due to unsafely evaluating property names as XPath expressions. The GeoTools library API that GeoServer calls evaluates property/attribute names for feature types in a way that unsafely passes them to the commons-jxpath library which can execute arbitrary code when evaluating XPath expressions.
Microsoft Smart App and Mark of the Web bypass tool using LNK stomping
This exploit uses a technique called LNK stomping that allows specially crafted LNK files with non-standard target paths or internal structures to cause the file to be opened while bypassing Smart App Control and the Mark of the Web security warnings.
Veeam Backup and Replication Blacklist ObjRef NET Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit
Veeam Backup and Replication deserialization of System.Runtime.Remoting.ObjRef .NET class type allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute system commands in the context of the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM user.
Microsoft Outlook Moniker Image Tag Information Disclosure Exploit (CVE-2024-38021)
This exploit leverages an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. By using an image tag, unauthorized access can be obtained, allowing for the theft of NTLM hashes.
A directory traversal Vulnerability in the WhatsUp.ExportUtilities.Export.GetFileWithoutZip method of Progress WhatsUp Gold allows unauthenticated remote attackers to write arbitrary files in the system leading to execute system commands in the context of the IIS APPPOOL\NmConsole user.
This module exploits an issue in GitLab CE/EE that allows sending reset emails to an unverified email address. In order to takeover the account, the module will exploit the vulnerability adding the attacker's email to the JSON from /users/password endpoint, then it will connect via IMAP to the attacker's email, parse the reset email and change the password. All versions from 16.1 prior to 16.1.6, 16.2 prior to 16.2.9, 16.3 prior to 16.3.7, 16.4 prior to 16.4.5, 16.5 prior to 16.5.6, 16.6 prior to 16.6.4, and 16.7 prior to 16.7.2 are affected.
This module chains together three vulnerabilities to deploy a Core Impact agent with root privileges. First vulnerability CVE-2023-46805 is used to obtain the exact version of Ivanti Connect Secure installed on the system. Next, the module exploits a second vulnerability CVE-2024-21893 that allows the attacker to access certain restricted resources without authentication, leveraging a flaw in the SAML component.