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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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Microchip MPLAB IDE MCP File Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This vulnerability arises from the way MPLAB IDE processes IDE Project files with extension of .mcp. It could lead to a critical buffer overflow error that allows hackers to execute malicious code on users systems.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Exploit
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system.
Total Video Player M3U Playlist Buffer Overflow Exploit
Total Video Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Total Video Player when handling .M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .M3U file
This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to boundary errors in IntelliTamper within the processing of HTML files when the program scans a site. IntelliTamper fails to check in the image tag on supplied data, allowing an attacker to cause a stack overflow in order to execute arbitrary code
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image with a large chunk size. This update improves the reliability of the exploit.
DivX Player (as installed by the DivX Bundle) is reported to have boundary errors in PlaybackModule2.dll within the processing of SRT subtitles. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when the victim opens a specially crafted file with an overly long subtitle line.
Dup Scout Enterprise Import Command Local Buffer Overflow Exploit
A Buffer Overflow exists when parsing .XML files by Command Import. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .XML files.
Rosoft Media Player M3U Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Exploit
Rosoft Media Player is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input of M3U files.
Microsoft Jet Database Engine Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database (msjet40.dll) through a Microsoft Word document. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in msjet40.dll within the processing of MDB files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened.
QuickTime RTSP Content-Type exploit Mac Intel update
This module runs a server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting a vulnerability in Apple QuickTime, which allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the PDWizard.ocx of the Visual Studio application. The module will run a malicious website in the CORE IMPACT console and wait for a user to connect and trigger the exploit.
There is a buffer overflow in lasr.dll when parsing an AMI Pro document(.sam) file. The unsafe lstrcpy() function is used to copy each line read from the file into fixed sized stack and heap buffers, with no length checks being performed. Hence, it is possible to create an AMI Pro file that contains overly long lines that will trigger the buffer overflow when viewed within Lotus Notes.
In order to exploit this vulnerability successfully, the user must be convinced to view a malicious AMI Pro document file attachment using the built-in viewer in Lotus Notes.
Microsoft Office Word OLE2Link OLE Object Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word. The flaw is related in how Microsoft Word handles OleLink objects. It is possible to open a RTF file and execute arbitrary code in vulnerables installations of Microsoft Office Word.
This vulnerability was originally seen being exploited in the wild starting in October 2016.
This module adds support for Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013 and Microsoft Office 2016.
This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting a vulnerability in VLC 0.86, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted OGG file that triggers format string and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering.
Buffer overflow in the Live Picture Corporation DXSurface.LivePicture.FlashPix.1 (DirectTransform FlashPix) ActiveX control in DXTLIPI.DLL 6.0.2.827, as packaged in Microsoft DirectX Media 6.0 SDK, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SourceUrl property value.
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Windows handles cursor, animated cursor, and icon formats. An attacker could try to exploit the vulnerability by constructing a malicious cursor or icon file that could potentially allow remote code execution if a user visited a malicious Web site or viewed a specially crafted e-mail message (MS07-017)
This module exploits a vulnerability in McAfee Virtual Technician MVTControl, which can be abused by using the GetObject() function to load unsafe classes, therefore allowing remote code execution under the context of the user.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Corel Painter 2015 14.0.0.728 and earlier, and possibly other versions allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse wacommt.dll that is located in the same folder as an .rif file.
Awingsoft Awakening (aka Winds3D) Viewer, which runs as a plugin within most popular web browsers, is vulnerable to a remotely exploitable arbitrary command execution vulnerability which can be triggered by making the user visit a malicious link/website.