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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HP Data Protector Cell Manager Opcode 211 Buffer Overflow Exploit
A buffer overflow vulnerability in crs.exe when handling requests with opcode 211.
This module exploits two vulnerabilities in HP SiteScope to gain remote code execution. The first vulnerability is an authentication bypass in the getSiteScopeConfiguration operation available through the APISiteScopeImpl AXIS service to grab the administrator credentials from the server running HP SiteScope. The second vulnerability is a directory traversal in the UploadFileHandler url that allows to upload files to the server into a directory that allows for scripting.
This module exploits a Use-After-Free vulnerability in Adobe Reader when handling a specially crafted PDF file.
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.
Corel PaintShop Pro X5 dwmapi DLL Insecure Library Loading Exploit
Corel Paint Shop Pro 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 than a .JPG file.
The ShortComponentRaster.verify() method in Oracle Java versions prior to 7u25 holds a memory corruption vulnerability that allows the bypassing of "dataOffsets[]" boundary checks. This module exploits such vulnerability allowing for remote code execution.
Microsoft Internet Explorer NonQuotedCmdLine Protected Mode Escape Exploit (MS13-055)
An error in the way the GetSanitizedParametersFromNonQuotedCmdLine() function in the Internet Explorer broker process handles command-line arguments when trying to launch a program can be exploited to escape from the Internet Explorer Protected Mode sandbox.
This module allows an agent running in the context of iexplore.exe with Low Integrity Level to escalate privileges in order to install a new agent that will run with Medium Integrity Level.
Microsoft Windows Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service DoS (MS13-079)
This module exploits a vulnerability in "Microsoft Windows Active Directory Lightweight Directory" service by sending UDP requests to the LDAP port (usually 389) and then sending ICMP error messages producing a LDAP Stop Responding behavior.
Apple Mac OS X Samba NetWkstaTransportEnum Request Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Mac OS X Samba server.
When a specially crafted call to "NetWkstaTransportEnum" RPC function is processed by the Samba server, it produces a heap overflow.
This update adds support to Mac OSX 10.6.0 to 10.6.7 ( Server and not server versions ).
Besides, this update improves the exploitation by reverting the Samba server impersonation and installing an agent with root privileges in all Mac OSX supported versions.
HP System Management iprange Parameter Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a Buffer Overflow on HP System Management. The vulnerability exists when handling a crafted iprange parameter on a request against /proxy/DataValidation.
The ByteComponentRaster.verify() method in Oracle Java versions prior to 7u25 holds a memory corruption vulnerability that allows the bypassing of "dataOffsets[]" boundary checks. This module exploits such vulnerability allowing for remote code execution.
Ultra Mini HTTPD Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within Mini HTTPD when processing HTTP GET Request. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to the affected command. Arbitrary code can be directly executed by overwriting a return address. This update only adds CVE Number.
IBM Lotus Quickr For Domino qp2 ActiveX Control Heap Overflow Exploit
A heap overflow in the ActiveX control qp2.cab in IBM Lotus Quickr for Domino allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the Attachment_Names method.
Sophos AntiVirus PDF Key Lenght Vulnerability Exploit
A Buffer Overflow exist in Sophos Antivirus when parsing encrypted revision 3 PDF files by reading the encryption key contents onto a fixed length stack buffer.
Aloaha PDF Suite is prone to a security vulnerability when processing PDF files. This vulnerability could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target machine by enticing Aloaha users to open a specially crafted PDF file.
The default Java security properties configuration does not restrict access to certain objects in the com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver packages. This flaw allows an unprivileged Java applet to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the target machine with the privileges of the current user.
This update adds support for Mac OS X 10.7.4 (i386).
This module exploits a TinyWebGallery local file-include vulnerability because TinyWebGallery fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. The module takes advantage of the logging capabilities of the attacked software to remotely execute arbitrary code.
This update fixes some issues related with an updated library.
The DefaultActionMapper class in Apache Struts2 supports a method for short-circuit navigation state changes by prefixing parameters with "action:" or "redirect:". The information contained in these prefixes is not properly sanitized before being evaluated as OGNL expressions on the server side, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code on the server.
This module exploits the vulnerability in any web application built on top of vulnerable versions of the Apache Struts 2 framework.
This module exploits a vulnerability present in PineApp Mail-SeCure. The specific flaw exists within the component ldapsynchnow.php, which lacks proper sanitization, thus allowing command injection.