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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RealVNC 4.1.1 Authentication Exploit Proxy
Exploits a vulnerability in the Real VNC server to bypass the password authentication. A compatible VNC client is required. This exploit proxies TCP connections to a remote (or local) VNC server and monitors the list of supported authentication methods of the server. Connecting clients will receive a dummy list consisting of only one authentication method (no password). Unlike other exploits, this module does not deploy any agents.
POODLE TLS1.x to SSLv3 Downgrading Vulnerability Exploit
Before using this module please consider that this is not an actual one-step exploit but a tool that allows our community to confirm if a target infrastructure is vulnerable to Poodle attack by executing a PoC (Proof of Concept). This module is not meant to be used against a victim like most Impact exploits are. Further, to just scan your network for weak ciphers, see the "Test SSL Ciphers" in Impact's Web tab.
The SSL protocol, as used in Oracle Java, encrypts data by using CBC mode with chained initialization vectors. This weakness allows to decrypt HTTP headers by a chosen plain text attack, thus obtaining browser cookies from the target system's browser corresponding to a given HTTPS server. The cookies could then be used by the user to do a session hijacking attack. This module launches the attack against target systems. This systems must be running a browser with the vulnerable Java version for this exploit to work.
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.
A Reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the atksearch[contractnumber], atksearch_AE_customer[customer] and atksearchmode[contracttype] variables within the 'Organization Contracts' administration page. This is because the application does not properly sanitize the users input. Vulnerable version is = 1.3.4.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Bugtracker.net edit_comment Cross Site Scripting Exploit
The application fails to sanitize the bug_id parameter in several pages such as edit_comment and edit_bug, leading to a cross site scripting vulnerability.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Drupal Forum Cross Site Scripting Exploit
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Forum module in Drupal 6.x (prior to version 6.13) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML by requesting a specially crafted tid. Forum module must be active in the attacked Drupal
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Oracle Business Process Management 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 template parameter is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
OpenEMR pc_category Cross Site Scripting Exploit
OpenEMR fails to sanitize the pc_category parameter in interface/main/calendar/index.php leading to a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. This exploit was tested on OpenEMR 4.0.0 but other versions may also be affected.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Moodle phpcoverage_home Cross Site Scripting Exploit
Moodle fails to sanitize the phpcoverage_home parameter in phpcoverage.remote.top.inc.php leading to a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Moodle blog Cross Site Scripting Exploit
Some parameters were not being properly cleaned on the blog index page, allowing non-persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Affects Moodle branch 1.9.x from 1.9.8 and prior and branch 1.8.x from 1.8.13 and prior. This bug exists in the previous and next links on a paginated blog.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
MoinMoin Template Cross Site Scripting Exploit
There is a possible 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 template parameter is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Affects MoinMoin 1.9.2 and prior.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007 Cross Site Scripting Exploit
The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/_layouts/help.aspx" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "cid0" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Jetty Directory Listing Cross Site Scripting Exploit
Jetty versions 6.1.16 and below are vulnerables. A Cross-Site scripting vulnerability has been reported in Jetty. This vulnerability can be induced whenever Jetty displays a web directory listing. Client-side script code can be included in the HTTP response by appending it next to directory listing's path, preceded by a ';' character.
Exploits / Cross Site Scripting (XSS) / Known Vulnerabilities
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.
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
wuftpd format string exploit
After successful exploitation an agent will be deployed. This agent will inherit the user identity and capabilities of the abused service, usually those of the user used to login into the ftp server (ftp, for example). However, the uid (as opposite to the euid) of the agent will be that of the super user in most cases (usually 0), and by using the setuid module (see setuid module documentation), it can be changed. When an anonymous user is used, or if the server is configured to do this for other users, the deployed agent will be running in a chroot jail.
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.
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.
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.