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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
Mambo output Remote File Inclusion Exploit
This exploits attacks Mambo 4.6.4 software. A remote file inclusion vulnerability is present in Mambo. /includes/Cache/Lite/Output.php doesn't sanitize the $mosConfig_absolute_path before using it in an include.
Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
UnrealIRCd Backdoor Unauthorized Access Exploit
This module exploits a remote command execution vulnerability found in some distributions of UnrealIRCd that contain a backdoor and installs an agent into the target host. The backdoor is present on the file Unreal3.2.8.1.tar.gz that was maliciously replaced on certain mirrors. The vulnerable file has the following MD5 checksum: 752e46f2d873c1679fa99de3f52a274d.
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.
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.
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.
Register an IOS Agent for executing modules and/or commands on a Network Device, exploiting an authorization vulnerability in HTTP administration interface of the Network Device.
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
WarFTPd USER-PASS Overflow exploit
WarFTPd is a popular FTP server for Windows systems. WarFTPd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the way it handles the PASS command. This bug will be exploited in order to install an agent into the target machine. The WarFTPd server will be left inaccessible after successful exploitation.
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.
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.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of Error Packet for overwrite all the .bss section and some portion of the .idata section. and installs an agent if successful. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely by sending a very long TFTP Error Packet in service or standalone version.
Open Web Analytics IP Remote File Inclusion Exploit
Input passed to the IP parameter in mw_plugin.php is not properly sanitised before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local and remote resources via directory traversal attacks and URL-encoded NULL bytes. The vulnerable version is 1.2.3 and below.
Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
osCommerce Arbitrary File Upload Exploit
osCommerce is prone to an arbitrary-file-upload vulnerability because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary code and execute it in the context of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation; other attacks are also possible.
Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
SQL Server CVE-2002-0649 exploit
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).
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.
Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
SSL PCT Handshake Overflow exploit
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Private Communications Transport (PCT) protocol. Systems running any Microsoft SSL capable service are vulnerable.
Report.php fails to sanitize user input data on StartingDirectory parameter when used in an include. The vulnerable version is 10.04.x.
Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
pPim Remote File Inclusion Exploit
This exploits attacks pPim 1.0 software. By creating a specially crafted link an attacker can run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the web server process.
Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
SQL Server Hello exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server. After successful exploitation an agent will be installed.
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.