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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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Microsoft Visual Studio Masked Edit Control Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the msmask32.ocx ActiveX Control included in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.
This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients (Internet Explorer) to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability.
Multiple stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been identified in which the application does not verify string size before copying to memory, the attacker may then be able to crash the application or run arbitrary code.
This update adds support for the new software version and a new CVE.
Mitsubishi Electric E-Designer BEComliSlave Driver Configuration Status_bit Buffer Overflow Exploit
The specific flaw exists within processing of a driver configuration file when initializing the BEComliSlave component. When parsing the property Status_bit, the process fails to properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the Administrator
Microsoft Windows OLE Package Manager Code Execution Exploit (MS14-064) Update
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OLE object, as exploited in the wild in October 2014 with a crafted PowerPoint document.
Microsoft SQL Server Distributed Management Objects Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the SQLDMO.DLL control included in the Microsoft SQL Server application. The exploit is triggered when the Start() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site.
This module exploits a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the OpenOffice software included in most linux distributions. The vulnerability is caused by the prtdata tag with a length parameter inconsistency, which causes vtable entries to be overwritten. The exploit is triggered when an unsuspecting user opens a specially crafted file distributed via an email.
This module exploits a heap-based buffer overflow in VBE.DLL and VBE6.DLL of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) SDK 5.0 through 6.3, via a document with a long ID parameter.
IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software ActiveX Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2
A flaw exists within the way the IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express for Software ActiveX Control parses data supplied to the RunAndUploadFile function. The ActiveX control is used to create an Asset Information file for the local system to be uploaded to the IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager Express Server.
This update corrects the CVE number, adds support for Internet Explorer 8 and disables DEP.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing the tags within .PAC files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long string.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 Wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit
Untrusted search path vulnerability in CorelDRAW X7 17.1.0.572, Corel Photo-Paint X7 17.1.0.572, Corel PaintShop Pro X7 17.0.0.199, Corel Painter 2015 14.0.0.728, Corel PDF Fusion 1.12 Build 16/04/2013 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 wintab32.dll that is located in the same folder as an .cdr, .cpt, .pspimage, .rif or .pdf file.
Corel VideoStudio Pro X7 and FastFlix u32ZLib DLL Hijacking Exploit
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Corel VideoStudio Pro X7 17.0.0.249 and Corel FastFlix 17.0.0.249 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 u32ZLib.dll that is located in the same folder as an .vsp or .vfp file.
The specific flaw exists within the PocketNetNVRMediaClientAxCtrl.NVRMediaViewer.1 control. The SaveCurrentImageEx method copies an attacker provided filename into a fixed size buffer.
Foxit Reader is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the loading and execution of any library file named imgseg.dll, if this dll is located in a determined subfolder where a .PDF file is.
PeaZIP Archived File Name Handling Command Injection Exploit
PeaZIP allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a compressed archive with a .TXT file whose name contains | (pipe) characters and a command.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the officeviewer.ocx control included in the Edraw Office Viewer Component ActiveX application. The exploit is triggered when the HttpPost() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site.
In error.php, PhpMyAdmin permits users to insert text and restricted tags (like BBCode). With the tag [a@url@page]Click Me[/a] you can insert your own page, and redirect all users to that page. This can be used to direct users to a page hosting an OS agent.
WinHex is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named hash.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder as a .WHX file.
UltraVNC Viewer is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of vnclang.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .VNC file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .VNC file. This file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through remote WebDAV shares. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Adobe Reader Font SING Table Buffer Overflow Exploit
Adobe Acrobat and Reader have a buffer overflow error in the "CoolType.dll" module when processing a .PDF document containing an overly long field in a SING (Smart Independent Glyphlets) table within a TrueType font.
Adobe Flash Player SWF File Memory Corruption Exploit Update
Adobe Flash Player is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted .SWF file, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable machines by convincing an unsuspecting user to visit a malicious web site.
This vulnerability has been found exploited in-the-wild during April 2011.