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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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Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Microsoft Windows SMB Server Stop Responding DoS (MS11-048)
This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft Windows SMB Server via a SMB crafted packet. 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 or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
Microsoft Excel SLK File Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS11-045)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Excel handles specially crafted .SLK files. 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 or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
Sun Java Runtime Environment Trusted Methods Chaining Exploit
The specific flaw exists within the code responsible for ensuring proper privileged execution of methods. If an untrusted method in an applet attempts to call a method that requires privileges, Java will walk the call stack and for each entry verify that the method called is defined within a class that has that privilege. However, this does not take into account an untrusted object that has extended the trusted class without overwriting the target method. Additionally, this can be bypassed by abusing a similar trust issue with interfaces.
Microsoft Internet Explorer MSHTML CObjectElement Use After Free Exploit (MS11-050)
This module exploits a Use-After-Free vulnerability on Internet Explorer 7. 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 or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
CA Total Defense UNCWS Web Service UnAssignAdminUsers Remote Code Execution Exploit
The UNCWS Web Service component of CA Total Defense listens for SOAP requests. The UnAssignAdminUsers method makes use of the uncsp_UnassignAdminRoles stored procedure, which is vulnerable to SQL Injection. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable machine with SYSTEM privileges.
Microsoft Windows Win32k OTF Validation DoS (MS11-041)
This module causes a BSOD in Microsoft Windows when parsing a specially crafted OpenType font file. 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 or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
Microsoft Office Word wdGetApplicationObject Memory Corruption Exploit
Microsoft Office Word is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability when the wdGetApplicationObject function processes a malformed Word document. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code by convincing an unsuspecting user to open a specially crafted .DOC file. 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.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Windows Hyper-V VMBus Non Responsiveness Vulnerability DoS (MS11-047)
This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft Hyper-V sending a crafted packet from the "guest OS" to the "host OS" through the vmbus mechanism producing a non responsiveness effect in the all virtual machines running at the time.
Avaya Windows Portable Device Manager (WinPDM) Buffer Overfow Exploit
A boundary error in the Unite Host Router service (UniteHostRouter.exe) when processing certain requests can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
HP Rational Quality Manager Backdoor Account Code Execution Exploit
This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in HP Rational Quality Manager by using an undocumented user account to upload an arbitrary file.
The vulnerability exists within the way that Internet Explorer instantiates GET Extension Factory COM objects, which are not intended to be created inside of the browser. The object does not initialize properly, and this leads to a memory corruption vulnerability.
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.
Microsoft WINS Service Failed Response Vulnerability DoS (MS11-035)
This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft WINS service by sending a request packet followed by a RESET connection packet. 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 or have limited functionality and may not have complete or accurate documentation.
CA Total Defense UNCWS Web Service getDBConfigSettings Remote Code Execution Exploit
The UNCWS Web Service component of CA Total Defense listens for SOAP requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker can invoke the getDBConfigSettings method, and the Web Service will answer with the server's database credentials. Once that the database credentials are captured, it is possible for a remote attacker to connect to the database and execute arbitrary code under the context of the database administrator.
Foxit PDF Reader 4.2 Javascript File Write. Foxit enables the user document to create files on any directory without further checks.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
VLC Media Player MKV File Memory Corruption Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in VideoLan Media Player (VLC). A memory corruption vulnerability in the MKV demuxer plugin (ibmkv_plugin) in VLC Media Player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MKV media file.
Symantec IM Manager Administrative Interface IMAdminSchedTask.asp Remote Code Execution Exploit
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Symantec IM Manager. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability in that a logged in user must be coerced into visiting a malicious link. The specific flaw exists within the ScheduleTask method exposed by the IMAdminSchedTask.asp page hosted on the web interface. This function does not properly sanitize user input from a POST variable before passing it to an eval call.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Lotus Notes 8.5.2 when parsing a malformed, specially crafted AS (Applix Spreadsheet) file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
VisiWave Site Survey Report File Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in VisiWave Site Survey Report when handling report files. This can be exploited to cause a stack based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .VWR file. This module bypass DEP using ROP techniques.