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.
Core Impact users can save time by finding all the up-to-date exploits they need in one place. We provide a robust library of exploits designed to enable pen testers to safely and efficiently conduct successful penetration tests. Witten by our own internal team, you can trust they have been thoroughly tested and validated by our experts.
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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Mutable Decoder in Package and Register
Mutable Decoder in Package and Register improves the randomness in executable agents generated by Impact (Package and Register, Serve Agent in WebServer, Send Agent by email and others).
Exploits / Remote
Impact Professional
MutableDecoder
Enhance fixed egg SimpleXorEgg with a new one which have no fixed code.
A vulnerability found on Siemens FactoryLink vulnerability occurs when CSService.exe processes a CSMSG_ListFiles_REQ message, causing a stack overflow.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Time Element Memory Corruption Exploit (MS11-050)
The Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions implementation in Microsoft Internet Explorer does not properly handle objects in memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by accessing an object that was not properly initialized or is deleted.
Symantec IM Manager IMAdminSchedTask eval Command Injection Exploit
This updates adds support for extra connection methods and web browser fingerprinting capabilities. Also, for consistency reasons, the module's display name was changed from "Symantec IM Manager Administrative Interface IMAdminSchedTask.asp Remote Code Execution Exploit" to "Symantec IM Manager IMAdminSchedTask eval Command Injection Exploit.
The RDS service (rds.exe) in HP Data Protector Manager 6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a packet with a large data size to TCP port 1530.
Microsoft Windows SMB Server Stop Responding DoS (MS11-048)
This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft Windows SMB Server via a SMB crafted packet.
WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released version in order to deliver a module as quickly as possible to our customers that may be useful in some situations. Since this module is not the final version it may contain bugs or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
Microsoft Excel SLK File Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS11-045)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Excel handles specially crafted .SLK files.
This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released version in order to deliver a module as quickly as possible to our customers that may be useful in some situations. Since this module is not the final version it may contain bugs or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
Sun Java Runtime Environment Trusted Methods Chaining Exploit
The specific flaw exists within the code responsible for ensuring proper privileged execution of methods. If an untrusted method in an applet attempts to call a method that requires privileges, Java will walk the call stack and for each entry verify that the method called is defined within a class that has that privilege. However, this does not take into account an untrusted object that has extended the trusted class without overwriting the target method.
Microsoft Internet Explorer MSHTML CObjectElement Use After Free Exploit (MS11-050)
This module exploits a Use-After-Free vulnerability on Internet Explorer 7.
WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released version in order to deliver a module as quickly as possible to our customers that may be useful in some situations. Since this module is not the final version it may contain bugs or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
CA Total Defense UNCWS Web Service UnAssignAdminUsers Remote Code Execution Exploit
The UNCWS Web Service component of CA Total Defense listens for SOAP requests. The UnAssignAdminUsers method makes use of the uncsp_UnassignAdminRoles stored procedure, which is vulnerable to SQL Injection. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable machine with SYSTEM privileges.
Microsoft Windows Win32k OTF Validation DoS (MS11-041)
This module causes a BSOD in Microsoft Windows when parsing a specially crafted OpenType font file.
This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released version in order to deliver a module as quickly as possible to our customers that may be useful in some situations. Since this module is not the final version it may contain bugs or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
Microsoft Office Word wdGetApplicationObject Memory Corruption Exploit
Microsoft Office Word is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability when the wdGetApplicationObject function processes a malformed Word document. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code by convincing an unsuspecting user to open a specially crafted .DOC file.
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V VMBus Non Responsiveness Vulnerability DoS (MS11-047)
This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft Hyper-V sending a crafted packet from the "guest OS" to the "host OS" through the vmbus mechanism producing a non responsiveness effect in the all virtual machines running at the time.
Avaya Windows Portable Device Manager (WinPDM) Buffer Overfow Exploit
A boundary error in the Unite Host Router service (UniteHostRouter.exe) when processing certain requests can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
HP Rational Quality Manager Backdoor Account Code Execution Exploit
This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in HP Rational Quality Manager by using an undocumented user account to upload an arbitrary file.
The vulnerability exists within the way that Internet Explorer
instantiates GET Extension Factory COM objects, which are not intended to be created inside of the browser. The object does not initialize properly, and this leads to a memory corruption vulnerability.
Oracle VM Server Virtual Server Agent Command Injection Exploit
By including shell meta characters within the second parameter to the 'urt_test_url' XML-RPC methodCall, an attacker can execute arbitrary commands. The service typically runs with root privileges.
Microsoft WINS Service Failed Response Vulnerability DoS (MS11-035)
This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft WINS service by sending a request packet followed by a RESET connection packet.
WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released version in order to deliver a module as quickly as possible to our customers that may be useful in some situations. Since this module is not the final version it may contain bugs
or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.