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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Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Orbit Downloader Download Failed Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Orbit Downloader. The exploit is triggered when a download from an overly long URL fails, 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 (Orbit Downloader) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
OtsTurntables contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in OtsTurntables when handling .OFL files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .OFL 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.
This exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability that allows attackers to cause Outlook Express to execute arbitrary code via a malformed NNTP response to the LIST command.
This module exploits a vulnerability in PAC-Designer. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error when processing pac 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 site on the Core Impact Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site.
PDFCool Studio is prone to a stack based buffer overflow when opening specially crafted PDF files. 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.
PDFill PDF Editor is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named MFC70ENU.DLL, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .PDF file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .PDF 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 integer overflow vulnerability in the xpdf and libpoppler software included in most linux distributions. The vulnerability is caused by a integer overflow in the predictor calculation, which causes a buffer overflow in the stack of the StreamPredictor::getNextLine() function. The exploit is triggered when an unsuspecting user opens a specially crafted file distributed via an email.
PeaZIP Archived File Name Handling Command Injection Exploit
PeaZIP allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a compressed archive with a .TXT file whose name contains | (pipe) characters and a command. 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.
Phoenix Project Manager is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named wbtrv32.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder as a .PPX file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .PPX 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
PhotoFiltre Studio Buffer Overflow Exploit
PhotoFiltre Studio contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in PhotoFiltre when handling .TIF files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .TIF 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.
Photo DVD Maker contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Photo DVD Maker when handling .PDM files, and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow. 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.
In error.php, PhpMyAdmin permits users to insert text and restricted tags (like BBCode). With the tag [a@url@page]Click Me[/a] you can insert your own page, and redirect all users to that page. This can be used to direct users to a page hosting an OS agent.
The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in libpurple.dll within the processing of MSNSLP messagess. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow without user interaction.
Pixia 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 as a .PXA file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .PXA 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
PKZIP dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit
PKZIP 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 .ZIPX file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .ZIPX 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 vulnerability in Pointdev IDEAL Administration, when importing a project file, may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a crafted IPJ document that is opened by a local user to execute code on the system with the privileges of the user running Pointdev IDEAL Administration. This can be exploited to cause a stack based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is imported. 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.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Pointdev IDEAL Migration, when importing a project file, may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a crafted IPJ document that is opened by a local user to execute code on the system with the privileges of the user running Pointdev IDEAL Migration. This can be exploited to cause a stack based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is imported. 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.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
POP Peeper UIDL Buffer Overflow Exploit
The POP Peeper client is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. This vulnerability is exploitable as a client side attack. A vulnerable POP Peeper user must connect to a server created by Core Impact and attempt to retrieve mail in order for CORE Core Impact to exploit the vulnerable agent and deploy and agent on the users machine.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Power Tab Editor when importing a .PTB file, allowing a remote unprivileged user who provides a crafted .PTB document that is opened by a local user to execute code on the system with the privileges of the user running Power Tab Editor. This can be exploited to cause a stack based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is imported. 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.
This exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability that allows attackers to cause ProFTP to execute arbitrary code via a malformed welcome message of the server.
Promotic SCADA is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of mfc71enu if this dll is located in the same folder than .PRA file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .PRA 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.
PROMOTIC SCADA suffers from an ActiveX stack overflow. The exploit is triggered when the SaveCfg() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. 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.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
ProShow Gold PSH Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing certain overly long entries within slideshow project files (.PSH). 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.
ProShow Producer is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named kdclib32.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .PSH file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .PSH 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.