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
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.
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
VERITAS NetBackup BPJava Exploit
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.
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.
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.
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.
A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the DECT dissector of Wireshark. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the Wireshark executable to crash or potentially to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Wireshark.
Microsoft WINS Arbitrary Association delete exploit
Exploits a condition where a remote user can arbitrary control the pointer to the association contained in a "Association Delete Message". This condition is abused to corrupt a function pointer in the application and install an agent. At the same time, another option of the protocol is used to populate the heap with executable code and increase the success possibilities.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing WinGate. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of POST requests. This may allow execution of arbitrary code by sending an overly long, specially crafted POST request to the proxy server.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing WinComLPD. A remote user can send specially crafted data to TCP port 13500 to trigger a stack overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
An internal memory buffer may be overrun while handling long "SIZE" command. This condition may be exploited by attackers to ultimately execute instructions with the privileges of the WFTPD Server process. The WFTPD Server server will be left inaccessible after successful exploitation.
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.
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
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.
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in VERITAS Backup Exec Remote Agent 9.0 through 10.0 for Windows, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a CONNECT_CLIENT_AUTH request with authentication method type 3 (Windows credentials) and a long password argument. This module only works with localagent set as source.
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.
Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in Inetutils and Heimdal implementations of telnetd allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root permissions via a long encryption key.