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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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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.
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.
Yokogawa Centum CS 3000 BKHOdeq Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow in Yokogawa CENTUM CS 3000 by using its BKHOdeq.exe service. The BKHOdeq.exe service, started when running the FCS / Test Function listens by default on TCP/20109, TCP/20171 and UDP/1240. By sending a specially crafted packet to the port TCP/20171 its possible to trigger a stack based buffer overflow which allows execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the CENTUM user.
Input passed to the "orderby" parameter in cmd.php (when "cmd" is set to "query_engine", "query" is set to "none", and "search" is set to e.g. "1") is not properly sanitised in lib/functions.php before being used in a "create_function()" function call. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code.
This module exploits a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Mantis version 1.1.3 caused by Mantis handling the sort parameter in manage_proj_page without the proper validation. This allows for remote code execution on Mantis' Web server. This module starts a web server on the Core Impact Console to publish the agent, which is downloaded from the target.
Input passed via the "page" parameter to index.php is not properly sanitised in the "Router()" function in core/lib/router.php before being used in an "eval()" call. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code.
Linux
Exploits / Remote
Impact
TurboFTP Server PORT Command Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in TurboFTP Server. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely by sending a specially crafted PORT command to port TCP/21.
Windows
Exploits / Remote
Impact
Landesk Gateway Web Interface Command Injection Exploit
The LANDesk web application does not sufficiently verify if a well-formed request was created by the user whose browser submitted the request. Using this flaw an external remote attacker can use a Cross-site Request Forgery attack via a user with a LANDesk session to run arbitrary code using the gsbadmin user (that is the user running the web-server), the gsbadmin user has sudo privileges.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a server running Mini HTTPD. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within Mini HTTPD when processing HTTP GET Request. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to the affected command. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
This exploit sends messages of 256 bytes to "cam.exe" service in order to fill all target memory with the exploit code. The last message forces a buffer overflow and executes the code sent embedded in the previous messages.
A vulnerability exists in the TinyMCE editor, included in the tiny browser plugin, which allows uploading files without authentication. This can be exploited to upload files with multiple extensions and execute arbitrary PHP code.
Linux, Windows
Exploits / Remote
Impact
Unisys Business Information Server Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a remote buffer overflow in the Unisys Business Information Server by sending a specially crafted packet to the 3989/TCP port.
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.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition when processing passwords with cgiChkMasterPwd.exe vulnerable module. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to this module.
A vulnerability has been reported in MyBB, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks. Input passed via the "birthdayprivacy" parameter to inc/datahandlers/user.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code. Successful exploitation requires a valid user account. The vulnerability is reported in MyBB 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.7. This modules gives to a normal user, admin privileges.
Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Trend Micro Control Manager CmdProcessor.exe AddTask Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
The CmdProcessor.exe service of Trend Micro Control Manager is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow, which can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted IPC packet to the vulnerable service. This exploit bypasses Data Execution Prevention (DEP).
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing MiniShare. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within MiniShare when processing HTTP GET Request. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to the affected command. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
Local File Inclusion vulnerability in admin/index.php in TinyWebGallery 1.7.6 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to include local files via the lang parameter, which leads to execute arbitrary PHP code by injecting data into the log files.
Oracle VM Server Virtual Server Agent Command Injection Exploit
By including shell meta characters within the second parameter to the 'urt_test_url' XML-RPC methodCall, an attacker can execute arbitrary commands. The service typically runs with root privileges.
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on vulnerable installations of Oracle Secure Backup. User interaction is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists in the logic used to authenticate a user to the administration server running on port 443. The script login.php does not properly sanitize the 'username' variable before using it in a database query. A specially crafted 'username' allows unauthorized attackers to log in with full administrative capabilities.