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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KeePass Password Safe is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named dwmapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .KDBX file.
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.
Silo is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named wintab32.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .SIB file.
Adobe Extension Manager CS5 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .MXI file.
Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .JSX file.
Adobe Pixel Bender Toolkit is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of tbbmalloc.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .PBK file.
Adobe Flash Professional CS5 dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit
Adobe Flash Professional CS5 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .FLA file.
Microsoft Office Word RTF Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-087) Update
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 update adds support for Office Word 2007 SP2 and Office Word 2002 SP3.
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
Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Service Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Service. This vulnerability is currently exploited by the Stuxnet malware. This update adds support for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 x64.