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
TechSmith Snagit dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit
TechSmith Snagit is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than a .SNAG file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .SNAG 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 The KMPlayer. 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.
Total Video Player M3U Playlist Buffer Overflow Exploit
Total Video Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Total Video Player when handling .M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .M3U 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.
TRENDnet SecurView Internet Camera UltraMJCam OpenFileDlg Buffer Overflow Exploit
A vulnerability exists in TRENDnet SecurView Internet Camera's ActiveX control that can be exploited by sending a long string of data to the OpenFileDlg() function. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer) to connect to it.
Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2010 extSetOwner() ActiveX Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the UfPBCtrl.dll control included in the Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2010 ActiveX application. The exploit is triggered when the extSetOwner() method processes a malformed argument resulting in a memory corruption. 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 6 or 7) to connect to it.
Triologic Player M3U Unicode SEH Buffer Overflow Exploit
Triologic Media Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Triologic Player when handling misleading m3u files. This situation leads to a buffer overflow and allows an attacker to overwrite an SEH Pointer and get control of execution. This is an UNICODE overflow so special shellcode must be considered. This vulnerability can be exploited via a specially crafted .m3u file.
TUGZip is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow due to improper parsing of the filename parameter within zip file if an overly long filename is provided. The exploit is triggered when the user opens the malicious ZIP file using from the windows explorer or from the main interface of the program. This module runs a malicious web server on the Core Impact Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by opening the file.
TuneUp Utilities is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of wscapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than a .TVS file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .TVS 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
TweakFS Zip Buffer Overflow Exploit
TweakFS Zip contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in TweakFS Zip when handling .ZIP files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .ZIP 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.
A stack-based buffer overflow in UltraISO allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted .CCD and .IMG 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.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the parsing of .CUE files, This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a .CUE file with an overly long file string. 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.
UltraISO is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of daemon.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .ISZ file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .ISZ 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
UltraISO MDS Buffer Overflow Exploit
A stack-based buffer overflow in UltraISO allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted .MDS 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.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
UltraVNC Client Integer Overflow Exploit
This exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability that allows attackers to cause UltraVNC client to execute arbitrary code via a malformed server response.
UltraVNC Viewer is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of vnclang.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .VNC file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .VNC 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.
The Ultra Office Control ActiveX control (OfficeCtrl.ocx) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that passes an overly long string to the HttpUpload() method, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of the current user or cause the victim's browser to crash.
This module exploits an argument injection vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, when running on systems with Firefox installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a FirefoxURL or FirefoxHTML URI, which are inserted into the command line that is created when invoking firefox.exe.
uTorrent is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of plugin_dll.dll if this dll is located in the same folder as a .TORRENT file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .TORRENT 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.
VariCAD is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input 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
VBE Object ID Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a heap-based buffer overflow in VBE.DLL and VBE6.DLL of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SDK 5.0 through 6.3, via a document with a long ID parameter.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the UFileUploaderD.dll control included in the HTTP File Upload ActiveX Control. The exploit is triggered when the AddFile() 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.
VideoCharge Studio is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than a .VSC file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .VSC 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
VideoCharge Studio VSC File Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in VideoCharge Studio when handling .VSC files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .VSC 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.