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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.
Core Impact users can save time by finding all the up-to-date exploits they need in one place. We provide a robust library of exploits designed to enable pen testers to safely and efficiently conduct successful penetration tests. Whether written by our own internal team or by a third party like ExCraft, you can trust they have been thoroughly tested and validated by our experts.
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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Pointdev IDEAL Migration is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because the applications fail to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data, when handling .IPJ files.
The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache, is a popular open source web server software. mod_isapi is a core module of the Apache package that implements the Internet Server extension API. The extension allows Apache to serve Internet Server extensions (ISAPI .dll modules) for Microsoft Windows based hosts. By sending a specially crafted request followed by a reset packet it is possible to trigger a vulnerability in Apache mod_isapi that will unload the target ISAPI module from memory. However function pointers still remain in memory and are called when
This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow handling the mail headers in the OWA (Outlook Web Access) service when processing meeting requests of Exchange Server clients (MS06-019).
JBoss Application Server DeploymentFileRepository Remote Code Execution Exploit
A directory traversal vulnerability in the DeploymentFileRepository class in JBoss Application Server allows remote attackers who are able to access the console manager to create files on arbitrary locations of the filesystem. This can be abused to gain execution of arbitrary code by sending special HTTP requests to the JMX Console.
Microsoft Windows LNK Shortcut Automatic File Execution Exploit Update 2
Microsoft Windows is prone to a vulnerability that may allow a file to automatically run 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. This vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.
This update adds support for Windows Vista and Windows Seven to the WebDAV module.
This module exploits a missing verification of the path in the command "sudoedit", provided by the sudo package. This can be exploited to execute any command as root including a shell, allowing an unprivileged process to elevate its privileges to root.
This update adds OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) as supported target.
Power Tab Editor is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data when handling .PTB files.
Microsoft Windows LNK Shortcut Automatic File Execution Exploit Update
Microsoft Windows is prone to a vulnerability that may allow a file to automatically run 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. This vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.
Sun Java Web Start Arbitrary Command Line Injection Exploit Update
Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in Java Deployment Toolkit allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the -J argument to javaws.exe, which is processed by the launch method.
This update adds support for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Evinco CamShot GET Request Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the CamShot Module (camshot.exe) that can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted, overly long HTTP GET request to TCP port where the server is listening.
Microsoft Excel OBJ Record Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-038)
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a crafted OBJ (0x5D) record.
Microsoft Windows LNK Shortcut Automatic File Execution Exploit
Microsoft Windows is prone to a vulnerability that may allow a file to automatically run 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. This vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the mDNSResponder service running on certain versions of Apple Mac OS X. The vulnerability is exploited remotely by sending a specially crafted UPnP Internet Gateway Device (IGD) packet and installing an agent.
FreeBSD mount Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
FreeBSD is prone to multiple stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because the kernel fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.
If the system is configured to allow unprivileged users to mount file
systems, it is possible for a local adversary to exploit this
vulnerability and execute code in the context of the kernel.
This update fixs some issues and adds validations pre-explotation.
FreeBSD mount Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
FreeBSD is prone to multiple stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because the kernel fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. If the system is configured to allow unprivileged users to mount file systems, it is possible for a local adversary to exploit this vulnerability and execute code in the context of the kernel. This update fixs some issues and adds validations pre-explotation.
This module exploits an improper bound checking in MoreAmp when importing a MAF (song list) file. This causes a stack based overflow and allows code execution on the targeted system with the privileges of the user which is running the application.
Microsoft Office Outlook Linked Attachment Exploit (MS10-045)
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Outlook when verifying attachments that are attached using the ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE value of the PR_ATTACH_METHOD property in a specially crafted e-mail message.
WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released version in order to deliver a module as quickly as possible to our customers that may be useful in some situations. Since this module is not the final version it may contain bugs
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS09-022) Update
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the EnumeratePrintShares function in the Print Spooler Service in Microsoft Windows to install an agent in the target machine.
This update adds TCP Spoofing Listener capabilities.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Extras Manager ActiveX Control included in Skype. This bug is currently being exploited in the wild.