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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Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Adobe Reader authplay Flash Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader when parsing a .PDF file with a malformed Flash file embedded. This module runs a malicious web site on the Core Impact Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by opening the malicious .PDF file in Adobe Reader.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader when parsing a .PDF file with a malformed font embedded. 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.
Adobe Reader Font SING Table Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a heap based buffer overflow 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.
A code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Adobe Reader handles specially crafted .PDF files when opening in Internet Explorer 6 or 7 This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader when handling a specially crafted .TIFF 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.
This module exploits an array indexing 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.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing format strings containing a floating point specifier in the "util.printf()" JavaScript function. 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.
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.
The vulnerability is a memory corruption in the U3D component 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.
Adobe Reader X XFA BMP RLE Heap Corruption Exploit
This module exploits a heap based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader X 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.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave triggered when processing a specially crafted .DIR 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.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adrenalin Player .ASX files. The vulnerability is caused due to lack of boundary checks in exporting an ASX file witch causes an Buffer Overflow of the stack and a SEH attack is possible due to a vulnerable DLL included in the software. 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.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
Adrenalin Player WAX Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adrenalin Player .WAX files. The vulnerability is caused due to lack of boundary checks in exporting a WAX file witch causes an Buffer Overflow of the stack and a SEH attack is possible due to a vulnerable DLL included in the software. 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.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
Advantage Data Architect wfapi DLL Hijacking Exploit
Advantage Data Architect is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named wfapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .ADT file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .ADT file. This file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through remote WebDAV shares. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists in AdamView when handling a specially crafted GNI file. This module runs a malicious web server on the Core Impact Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to it.
Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit
Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX control ISSymbol.ocx is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by a long bstrFileName argument to the InternationalOrder method. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
By providing an overly long string to the AccessCode2 parameter, an attacker may be able to overflow the static stack buffer. The attacker may then execute code on the target device remotely. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 or 9) to connect to it.
By providing an overly long string to the NodeName parameter, an attacker may be able to overflow the static stack buffer. The attacker may then execute code on the target device remotely. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8) to connect to it.
By providing an overly long string to the GetColor parameter, an attacker may be able to overflow the static stack buffer. The attacker may then execute code on the target device remotely. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8) to connect to it.
Advantech Webaccess suffers from an ActiveX buffer overflow. The specific flaw exists within the Connect method in webeye.ocx module.The control does not check the length of an attacker-supplied string in the Connect method before copying it into a fixed length buffer on the stack. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the browser process. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
The vulnerability exists within the AnnotateX ActiveX control's Insert property. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 8 and 9) to connect to it.
Aladdin Knowledge System Ltd PrivAgent ChooseFilePath Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Aladdin Knowledge System Ltd PrivAgent.ocx ActiveX Control. The exploit is triggered when the ChooseFilePath() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
AlleyCode Optimizer Buffer Overflow Exploit
AlleyCode HTML Editor is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it copies HTML code to an insufficiently sized buffer when the Optimizer tool is used.
Aloaha PDF Suite is prone to a stack based buffer overflow when opening specially crafted PDF files. This module runs a malicious web server on the Core Impact Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to it.
Altarsoft Audio Converter is prone to a buffer overflow when parsing malformed WAV files. This module runs a malicious web server on the Core Impact Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to it.