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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Traq Command Injection Exploit
Traq is vulnerable to an authentication bypass vulnerability, which leads to PHP code injection.
Mac OS X, Linux, Windows
Exploits / Remote
Impact
SSH integer overflow exploit
After successful exploitation an agent will be installed. This agent will inherit the user identity and capabilities of the abused service, usually the super user, but in some configurations it might be that of any other user in the target system.
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Private Communications Transport (PCT) protocol. Systems running any Microsoft SSL capable service are vulnerable.
Steamcast GET Request Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing Steamcast. A boundary error can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted GET HTTP request with an overly long path to the web server.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing Sunway Force Control SCADA. A buffer-overflow vulnerability affects the httpsvr.exe webserver included in the device. This issue occurs when handling an excessively large URI. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
Sunway Force Control SCADA SMNP NetDBServer Buffer Overflow Exploit
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software using Sunway Force Control SCADA. A stack based buffer overflow in the SNMP NetDBServer service of Sunway Forcecontrol is triggered when sending an overly long string to the listening service on port 2001. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
Windows
Exploits / Remote
Impact
Sun Java System Web Server Webdav Stack Overflow
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Sun Web Server Webdav service when parsing OPTION requests. After successful exploitation an agent will be installed. The process being exploited is usually run as root.
After successful exploitation an agent will be deployed. This agent will inherit the user identity and capabilities of the abused service, usually root.
This module exploits a local privilege escalation vulnerability in certain packages shipped with Sun xVM VirtualBox for the Linux platform. After successful exploitation an agent running as root will be installed.
The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program. This module works if map:map_yp_alias is set as the imap server address in config.php, which is not the default setting.
Stack buffer overflow in the ntlm_check_auth function for Squid Web Proxy Cache 2.5.x and 3.x, when compiled with NTLM handlers enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
SolarWinds Storage Manager Server SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the SolarWinds Storage Manager Server. The LoginServlet page available on port 9000 is vulnerable to SQL injection via the loginName field. An attacker can send a specially crafted username and execute arbitrary SQL commands leading to remote code execution.
This module exploits a remote stack-based buffer overflow in pdmwService by sending a malformed packet to the 30000/TCP port.
Windows
Exploits / Remote
Impact
Vermillion FTP Daemon Buffer Overflow Exploit
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on installations of Vermillion FTP Daemon, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error with the handling of PORT commands. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted command passed to the affected server.
Windows
Exploits / Remote
Impact
Sophos Web Protection Appliance sblistpack Command Injection Exploit
The /opt/ws/bin/sblistpack Perl script in Sophos Web Protection Appliance, which can be reached from the web interface, is vulnerable to an OS command injection because its get_referers() function does not escape the first argument of the script before using it within a string that will be executed as a command by using backticks. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the affected appliance. The agent installed by this exploit runs with the privileges of the 'spiderman' user.
Sophos Web Protection Appliance clear_keys.pl Privilege Escalation Exploit
The /opt/cma/bin/clear_keys.pl Perl script in Sophos Web Protection Appliance, which can be executed by the 'spiderman' user with the sudo command without password, is prone to an OS command injection vulnerability, because its close_connections() function does not escape the second argument of the script before using it within a string that will be executed as a command by using backticks. This vulnerability can be abused to escalate privileges within the appliance from 'spiderman' to root.
Soulseek Server Peer Search Buffer Overflow Exploit
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on installations of Soulseek Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. Soulseek Server is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability that occurs because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. Specifically, this issue occurs when performing a direct peer file search.
Multiple integer overflows in Microsoft ASN.1 library (MSASN1.DLL), as used in LSASS.EXE, CRYPT32.DLL, and other Microsoft executables and libraries on Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via ASN.1 encodings that cause arbitrary heap data to be overwritten.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft SQL Server. After successful exploitation an agent will be installed. If the attack was not successful, the server might stop responding (one-shot-exploit).
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing SurgeMail Mail Server. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within SurgeMail Mail Server. A buffer overflow vulnerability is located in the function which handles the real CGI executables. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to this module.
A vulnerability exists in the ManagementAgentServer.putFile XMLRPC call exposed by the as_agent.exe service, which allows for uploading arbitrary files under the server root. This module abuses the auto deploy feature in the JBoss as_ste.exe instance in order to achieve remote code execution. Abused services listen on a single machine deployment, and also in the backend role in a multiple machine deployment.
NetBackup Java user-interface is affected by a remote format string vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious request that contains format specifiers. A successful attack may result in crashing the server or lead to arbitrary code execution. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation with SYSTEM or superuser privileges.
This module exploits a command injection error in the function runScripts in vdccm (SynCE daemon), reached through a information message remote request. For this exploit to work, there must be at least one script file on the SynCE scripts directory.