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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Title
Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Microsoft Office Groove imm DLL Hijacking Exploit
Microsoft Office Groove is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of imm.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .GRP file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .GRP 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.
Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Exploit (MS08-016)
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office (.PPT files). The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in mso.dll within the processing of PPT files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened. 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.
Microsoft Office Outlook Linked Attachment Exploit (MS10-045)
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Outlook when verifying attachments that are attached using the ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE value of the PR_ATTACH_METHOD property in a specially crafted e-mail message.
Microsoft Office PNG File Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS13-051)
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PNG data in an Office document, leading to improper memory allocation.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint PPT 7 Memory Corruption Exploit (MS09-017)
This module exploits a stack overflow on "pp7x32.dll" when it parses an inconsistent record length in sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 95 (PPT95) native file format.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint pp4x322 DLL Hijacking Exploit
Microsoft Office PowerPoint is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of pp4x322.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than a .PPT file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .PPT 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.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Office Powerpoint PPT 4 Importer Exploit (MS09-017)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Powerpoint when parsing a malformed .PPT 4.0 file with a specially crafted printer name. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer Exploit (MS08-051)
This module exploits a memory allocation error in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PowerPoint file with a malformed picture index that triggers memory corruption. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Microsoft Office Shared Component DLL Hijacking Exploit (MS11-023)
Microsoft Office is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named rsaenh.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder as a .dotx file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .dotx 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.
This module exploits a buffer overflow in the owc10.dll ActiveX Control included in Microsoft Office Web Components. 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.
Microsoft Office Web Components Exploit (MS08-017)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft Office Web Components. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 6) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Microsoft Office Word File Information Block (FIB) Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS09-068)
This module exploits an error while processing the FIB when loading Word files into memory that can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted DOC file. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word (.DOC files). The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in winword.exe within the processing of DOC files. This can be exploited to cause a memory corruption when a specially crafted file is opened. 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.
Microsoft Office Word RTF Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-087)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word by sending a specially crafted .RTF file with a malformed pFragments record. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
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.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Office Works Converter Exploit (MS09-024)
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft Office Works converter that could allow remote code execution via a specially crafted .wps file.
A buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OSS file that triggers memory corruption.
Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid TimeColorBehaviorContainer Record Code Execution Exploit (MS11-022)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Powerpoint handles specially crafted Powerpoint files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom Record Invalid Index Exploit (MS10-004)
This module exploits an error while processing the OEPlaceholderAtom Record when loading PPT files into memory that can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted PPT file. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer TextBytesAtom Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-004)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 by sending a specially crafted .PPT file with a malformed TextBytesAtom (0xF0A8) record. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference Exploit (MS13-022)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Silverlight that can allow a specially crafted Silverlight application to access memory in an unsafe manner. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the current user. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.