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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
VirtualMin Dom Parameter Cross Site Scripting Exploit
Input passed to the "dom" parameter in left.cgi and via the URL to virtual-server/link.cgi is not properly sanitized before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
vBulletin query Cross Site Scripting Exploit
The application is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input to the 'query' parameter of the search pages. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. vBulletin 4.0.2 is vulnerable. This issue does not affect vBulletin 3.x versions.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
vBulletin acuparam Cross Site Scripting Exploit
Input passed via the URL is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user within the search.php, sendmessage.php, showgroups.php, usercp.php, online.php, misc.php, memberlist.php, member.php, index.php, forumdisplay.php, inlinemod.php, newthread.php, private.php, profile.php, register.php, showthread.php, subscription.php, forum.php, faq.php, and calendar.php script. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site. The vulnerabilities are reported in version 4.0.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Typo3 Cross Site Scripting Post Exploitation
This module tries to install a RFI agent if the Web Browser Agent has administrator privileges on the application. This is a Cross Site Scripting Post Exploitation Module. You can use it both on a Typo3 XSS Agent or Web Browser Agent.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Typo3 Cross Site Scripting Exploit
This module exploits insecure randomness vulnerability in Typo3, which leads to XSS attacks. This module tries to guess the Typo3 encryptionKey by exploiting its insecure randomness. If guessed, it will install an XSS Agent.Thanks to Chris John Riley for the info about the bug. http://www.c22.cc/TYPO3-InsecureRandomness.txt
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
TwonkyMedia Server Error Page Cross Site Scripting Exploit
Input passed via the URL is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Tomcat orderby Cross Site Scripting Exploit
There is a reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack. An attacker able to cause a user to follow a specially crafted malicious link may be able to recover session identifiers or exploit browser vulnerabilities. The orderby parameter is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Wireshark PROFINET Dissector Format String Exploit
This module exploits a format string vulnerability in the WireShark PROFINET/DCP (PN-DCP) dissector, sending a specially crafted packet. Failed attacks will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.
This module exploits an authentication vulnerability in Wordpress 2.5. An attacker, able to register a specially crafted username on a Wordpress 2.5 installation, will also be able to generate authentication cookies for other chosen accounts. This vulnerability exists because it is possible to modify authentication cookies without invalidating the cryptographic integrity protection. The proper way to exploit this vulnerability is to use a Wordpress account which its username starts with the word "admin", for example "admin99".
Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Wordpress Reset Password Exploit
A weakness has been reported in WordPress which can be exploited to bypass certain security restrictions. The weakness is due to a bug within the password reset functionality when verifying the secret key. This can be exploited to reset the password of the first user without a key in the database (usually administrator) without providing the correct secret key.
Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
XBMC GET Request Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing XBMC. A boundary error within the websHomePageHandler() function 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.
Yokogawa Centum CS 3000 BKBCopyD Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow in Yokogawa CENTUM CS 3000 by using its BKBCopyD.exe service. The Yokogawa Centum CS3000 solution uses different services in order to provide all its functionality. The BKBCopyD.exe service, started when running the FCS / Test Function, listens by default on TCP/20111. By sending a specially crafted packet to the port TCP/20111, it it is possible to trigger a stack based buffer overflow which allows execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the CENTUM user.
Zend Server Java Bridge Design Flaw Remote Code Execution Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Java Bridge component of Zend Server.
Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
Exploits / Remote
Impact
Xampp Webdav PHP Upload Exploit
This module attacks default XAMPP installations and abuses the use of default credentials for webdav. The module can also be configured to take advantage of user supplied credentials.
Windows
Exploits / Remote
Impact
Microsoft Windows LNK Shortcut Automatic DLL Loading Exploit (MS15-020)
Microsoft Windows is prone to a vulnerability that may allow a DLL file to be automatically loaded because the software fails to handle LNK files properly. Specifically, the issue occurs when loading the icon of a shortcut file. A specially crafted LNK file can cause Windows to automatically execute code that is specified by the shortcut file. The attacker must entice a victim into viewing a specially crafted shortcut. The shortcut file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through removable drives. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This module exploits an authentication vulnerability in OpenSite 2.1. The function init in origin/libs/user.php checks for a matching origin_hash cookie. However, this cookie can be bruteforced in at most 2^32 tries for a known username. Actually, the number of attempts could be significantly reduced knowing that we do not have to check for time in the future, and long past. This works for OpenSite 2.1 and below. It has to be executed against the root directory of OpenSite.
Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Wordpress W3 Total Cache PHP Remote Code Execution Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in W3 Total Cache plugin for Wordpress. Certain macros such as mfunc allow to inject PHP code into comments. By injecting a crafted comment into a valid post an attacker can execute arbitrary PHP code on systems running vulnerable installations of W3 Total Cache.
The internal stack may be overrun while handling either "XMD5", "XSHA1" or "XCRC" commands with an overly long filename. This condition can be exploited by attackers to ultimately execute instructions with the privileges of the WS_FTP process, typically administrator or system. Exploitation requires valid or anonymous FTP server credentials. The WS_FTP server will remain active after a successful exploitation.