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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.
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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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Embarcadero ERStudio Data Architect TSVisualization ActiveX loadExtensionFactory Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability lies in the failure to validate the size of the input buffer before copying it into a fixed-size buffer on the stack within the handling of the loadExtensionFactory method.
Adobe Reader X AdobeCollabSync Buffer Overflow Sandbox Bypass Exploit
This module allows an agent running in the context of AcroRd32.exe with Low Integrity Level/AppContainer Integrity Level to escalate privileges in order to install a new agent that will run with Medium Integrity Level.
Foxit Reader is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the loading and execution of any library file named imgseg.dll, if this dll is located in a determined subfolder where a .PDF file is.
A missing boundary check in the TLS Heartbeat extension in OpenSSL can be abused by remote attackers to read up to 64 kb of memory from the server.
This memory disclosure vulnerability can be used by remote unauthenticated attackers to obtain sensitive information from the affected server, including private keys and session cookies.
A vulnerability within the webvact ActiveX control when handling NodeName parameter with overly long strings can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows in Advantech WebAccess Browser-based HMI/SCADA Software.
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.
A stack buffer overflow occurs when copying a user supplied input to a fixed size stack buffer without boundary check leading to overwrite the SEH and the return address.
The copying procedure stops when a null word is found and no size check is proceeded.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling the PEstrarg1 property and can be exploited to cause a heap overflow by assigning an overly long string to this property.
This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses in an attempt to install an OS agent on the client.
Exploits / Client Side
SCADA
Microsoft Internet Explorer IESetProtectedModeRegKeyOnly Protected Mode Escape Exploit (MS13-097)
The IESetProtectedModeRegKeyOnly() function in the ieframe.dll library of Microsoft Internet Explorer calls the RegCreateKeyEx registry function when running with Medium Integrity Level over a registry key that is writable by a sandboxed IE instance.
This can be abused to overwrite IE's Elevation Policy by creating symbolic links in the Windows Registry in order to escape from the Internet Explorer Protected Mode sandbox.
Oracle VirtualBox Guest Additions Arbitrary Write Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
The Oracle VirtualBox Guest Additions Driver (VBoxGuest.sys) present in Oracle VirtualBox is vulnerable to an arbitrary pointer overwrite. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by sending a specially crafted IOCTL (0x22A040) to the vulnerable driver within the Windows Guest OS.
Iconics Genesis SCADA HMI Genbroker Server Exploit Update
The Genesis GenBroker service is listening port 38080 and is affected by integer overflow vulnerabilities while handling crafted packets in opcode 0x4b0.
This version improves connection with all methods.
By providing a malicious value when handling l DeleteDeviceProfile method, an attacker may be control the execution flow on the target. The attacker may then execute code on the target device remotely.
A vulnerability exists in the ManagementAgentServer.putFile XMLRPC call exposed by the as_agent.exe service, which allows for uploading arbitrary files under the server root.
This module abuses the auto deploy feature in the JBoss as_ste.exe instance in order to achieve remote code execution. Abused services listen on a single machine deployment, and also in the backend role in a multiple machine deployment.
A path traversal vulnerability affects the Issue Collector plugin in Atlassian JIRA. This module exploits that vulnerability to achieve remote code execution. The installed agent will have SYSTEM privileges.
The specific flaw exists within the DVC.DvcCtrl ActiveX Control in dvs.ocx. The control does not check the length of an attacker-supplied string in the GetColor 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.
Easy File Management Web Server UserID Cookie Handling Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing the "UserID" value in the session cookie, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.