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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Microsoft SQL Server Distributed Management Objects Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the SQLDMO.DLL control included in the Microsoft SQL Server application. The exploit is triggered when the Start() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. 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 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 Unicode Script Processor Array Indexing Error Exploit (MS10-063)
The Unicode Script Processor (Uniscribe) implementation in USP10.DLL does not properly validate tables associated with malformed OpenType fonts, producing an array index error. 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 Visio 2003 MFC71ENU DLL Hijacking Exploit(MS11-055)
Microsoft Visio 2003 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of mfc71enu if this dll is located in the same folder than .VSD file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .VSD 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 Visio Viewer DXF File Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS12-059)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Visio Viewer This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 6 or 7) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Microsoft Visio visiodwg DLL Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-028)
A malformed .DXF file allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. 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 Visual Basic VBP File Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Visual Basic 6 .vbp files. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error in VB6.EXE within the processing of VBP archives. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened. 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.
Microsoft Visual Studio Masked Edit Control Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the msmask32.ocx ActiveX Control included in Microsoft Visual Studio 6. 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 Windows CreateSizedDIBSECTION Thumbnail View Buffer Overflow Exploit
Microsoft Windows is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Rendering Engine because the software fails to perform adequate boundary-checks on user-supplied data. 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 Windows Fax Cover Page Editor Double Free Memory Corruption Exploit
This module exploits a heap based buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Fax Cover Page Editor when handling a specially crafted .COV 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.
Microsoft Windows GDI Plus WMF Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-052)
When the method WmfEnumState::DibCreatePatternBrush in the GDI Plus library processes a WMF file with a malformed CreatePatternBrush record, this produces a stack overflow.
Microsoft Windows helpctr Invalid URL Processing Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to an error in the MPC::HTML::UrlUnescapeW() function in helpctr.exe when escaping URLs. 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 Windows HTTP Services Credential Reflection Exploit (MS09-013)
This module implements the NTLM Relay attack through HTTP Services to install an agent in the target machine. 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 Windows Image Color Managment Exploit (MS08-046)
This module exploits a heap overflow vulnerability in the OpenColorProfileW function of mscms.dll through a malformed EMF file embedded in an HTML file.
Microsoft Windows LNK Shortcut Automatic File Execution Exploit (via USB drive)
Microsoft Windows is prone to a vulnerability that may allow a file to automatically run because the software fails to handle 'LNK' files properly. Specifically, the issue occurs when loading the icon of a shortcut file. A specially crafted 'LNK' file can cause Windows to automatically execute code that is specified by the shortcut file. The attacker must entice a victim into viewing a specially crafted shortcut. The shortcut file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through removable drives, over network shares or remote WebDAV shares.
Microsoft Windows LNK Shortcut Automatic File Execution Exploit (via e-mail attachment)
Microsoft Windows is prone to a vulnerability that may allow a file to automatically run because the software fails to handle 'LNK' files properly. Specifically, the issue occurs when loading the icon of a shortcut file. A specially crafted 'LNK' file can cause Windows to automatically execute code that is specified by the shortcut file. The attacker must entice a victim into viewing a specially crafted shortcut. The shortcut file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through removable drives, over network shares or remote WebDAV shares.
Microsoft Windows LNK Shortcut Automatic File Execution Exploit (WebDAV)
Microsoft Windows is prone to a vulnerability that may allow a file to automatically run because the software fails to handle 'LNK' files properly. Specifically, the issue occurs when loading the icon of a shortcut file. A specially crafted 'LNK' file can cause Windows to automatically execute code that is specified by the shortcut file. The attacker must entice a victim into viewing a specially crafted shortcut. The shortcut file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through removable drives, over network shares or remote WebDAV shares.
Microsoft Windows Mail is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of wab32res.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .NWS file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .NWS 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.
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Microsoft Windows Media Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS09-051)
This module exploits a memory corruption in Windows Media Runtime in wmspdmod.dll, when handling the sample rate for a Windows Media Voice frame. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 6 or 7) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-053)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the wmex.dll ActiveX Control included in Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9. 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 Windows Media Player ASF Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS09-052)
Windows Media Player is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability that occurs because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data via a crafted .ASF 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.
Microsoft Windows Media Player MIDI Heap Overflow Exploit (MS12-004)
This module exploits a heap overflow in Windows Media Player (winmm.dll) when handling a specially crafted .MID file. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 6 or 7) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Microsoft Windows Meeting Space DLL Hijacking Exploit (MS11-085)
Windows Meeting Space is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named wab32res.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder as a .WCINV file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .WCINV 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 Windows Movie Maker DLL Hijacking (MS10-093)
Windows Movie Maker 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 .MSWMM file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .MSWMM 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.