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
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Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
VideoSpirit Pro Buffer Overflow Exploit
VideoSpirit Pro is prone to a buffer overflow when parsing a .VISPRJ project file that contains an overly long "MP3" value. The vulnerability is caused due to a wrong check of the data before it is passed to strcpy(). This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .VISPRJ 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.
Viscom Software Movie Player Pro SDK ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
A stack-based buffer overflow occurs when you pass to "strFontName" parameter a string overly long than 24 bytes which leads into EIP overwrite allowing the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the logged on user. This happens because an inadequate space is stored into the buffer intended to receive the font name.
VisiWave Site Survey Report File Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in VisiWave Site Survey Report when handling report files. This can be exploited to cause a stack based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .VWR file. This module bypass DEP using ROP techniques. 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 the PDWizard.ocx of the Visual Studio application. The module will run a malicious website in the Core Impact console and wait for a user to connect and trigger the exploit. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer 5 or 6) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is due to an error while parsing Parts field in ABC files which can result in an integer overflow in the libmodplug library used by VLC Media Player. 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.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
VLC Media Player AMV File Memory Corruption Exploit
A code execution vulnerability exists in the way that VLC handles specially crafted .AMV files when opening in Internet Explorer 6 or 7 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.
VLC is able to handle the subtitles automatically in a very simple way,it just checks the presence of SSA files with the same name of the loaded video and a possible subtitles folder. The functions which handle the MicroDVD, SSA and VPlayer subtitle formats are vulnerable to some stack based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities which can allow an attacker to execute malicious code. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer, Opera or Mozilla Firefox) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
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 a vulnerability in VLC, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted OGG file that triggers format string and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering. The module will send an e-mail with a specially crafted HTML page waiting for victim users to connect through it.
VLC Media Player libmodplug Buffer Overflow Exploit
VLC 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 .S3M 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.
VLC Media Player MKV File Memory Corruption Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in VideoLan Media Player (VLC). A memory corruption vulnerability in the MKV demuxer plugin (ibmkv_plugin) in VLC Media Player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MKV media 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.
VLC Media Player MP4 Demuxer Buffer Overflow Exploit
VLC is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability when parsing a MP4 file with an overly deep box structure. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Windows
Exploits / Client Side
Impact
VLC Media Player NSV File Memory Corruption Exploit
A code execution vulnerability exists in the way that VLC handles specially crafted .NSV (Nullsoft streaming video file) files when opening in Internet Explorer 6 or 7 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.
VLC Media Player RealText Processing Stack Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in VideoLan Media Player (VLC). A stack-based buffer overflow in the ParseRealText function in the Subtitle demux plugin (modules\demux\subtitle.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a realtext RT media file with a header containing a crafted size value. 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.
VLC Media Player RTSP Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module runs a server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting a vulnerability in VLC Media Player, which allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition. The module will send an e-mail with a specially crafted HTML page waiting for victim users to connect through it. When the user clicks on the link, a connection is made to a specially crafted RTSP stream that triggers the vulnerability.
VLC Media Player SMB URI Handling Buffer Overflow Exploit
VLC Media Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling crafted .XSPF 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.
VLC Media Player TY File Stack Based Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in VideoLan Media Player (VLC). Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TiVo TY media file with a header containing a crafted size value. 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.
VLC Media Player is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of wintab32.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .MP3 file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .MP3 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.
A stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MMS:// stream. 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.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the vielib.dll of the VMWare application. The module will run a malicious website in the Core Impact console and wait for a user to connect and trigger the exploit. 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.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the tsgetxu71ex552.dll module included in the VMWare Infrastructure Client application. The exploit is triggered when Internet Explorer instantiates this module. 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. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
This module exploits a vulnerability in VMware OVF Tool. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error in the processing of .OVF files. This can be exploited to cause a format string 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.
Vortex Light Alloy is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when handling .M3U 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.
VUPlayer contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in VUPlayer when handling .CUE files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .CUE 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
VUPlayer M3U Buffer Overflow Exploit
VUPlayer contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in VUPlayer 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.