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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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Title
Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
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.
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.
7T Interactive Graphical SCADA System ODBC Server Remote Memory Corruption DoS
This module exploits a memory corruption vulnerability in the IGSS ODBC Server by sending a malformed packet to the 20222/TCP port to crash the application.
Windows
Denial of Service/Remote
Impact
VideoCharge Studio dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit
VideoCharge Studio is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than a .VSC file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .VSC 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.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
VideoSpirit Pro Buffer Overflow Exploit
VideoSpirit Pro is prone to a buffer overflow when parsing a .VISPRJ project file that contains an overly long "MP3" value. The vulnerability is caused due to a wrong check of the data before it is passed to strcpy(). This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .VISPRJ file.
Phoenix Project Manager is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named wbtrv32.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder as a .PPX file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .PPX 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.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
LotusCMS router PHP Command Injection Exploit
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.
Solaris
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol DoS (MS12-020)
This module triggers a memory corruption vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Service by sending a malformed packet to the 3389/TCP port. 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 ASP.NET Hash Table Collisions DoS (MS11-100) Update
This module sends HTTP requests with specially crafted data making the ASP.NET subsystem consume lot of resources. This attack prevents the victim server from processing requests from legitimate clients and probably will make the server non-operational. This update fixes an issue when launching the module from an agent running in a Linux system.
Siemens Solid Edge SEListCtrlX ActiveX control is prone to an arbitrary memory write vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Elecard MPEG Player SEH Buffer Overflow Exploit
Elecard MPEG Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Elecard MPEG Player when handling .m3u files, situation that leads to a buffer overflow and the possibility to overwrite an SEH Pointer. This can be exploited via a specially crafted .m3u file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Windows Win32k Read AV Vulnerability (MS13-053)
This module exploits a vulnerability in win32k.sys when the EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec() doesn't initialize the pointer to the next memory chunk. This is only a documentation update of the original module "Microsoft Windows Win32k pprFlattenRec Vulnerability Exploit".
The default Java security properties configuration does not restrict access to certain objects in the com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver packages. This flaw allows an unprivileged Java applet to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the target machine with the privileges of the current user. 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.
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PNG data in an Office document, leading to improper memory allocation.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Symantec AMS Intel Handler service by sending a malformed packet to the 38292/TCP port to crash the application.
Schneider Electric Interactive Graphical SCADA System Buffer Overflow Exploit
This Stack-based buffer overflow exploits a vulnerability in Schneider Electric's Interactive Graphical SCADA System (IGSS) that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted packet to TCP port-12397.
Microsoft Internet Explorer CButton Object Use After Free Exploit
Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a use after free vulnerability caused by an object that was not properly allocated or is deleted. 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.
Novell iPrint Client IPP Response URI Handling Buffer Overflow Exploit
A buffer overflow vulnerability within the handling of functions that take a URI as a parameter allows arbitrary command execution when a user loads a specially crafted web page.
Microsoft Windows Schannel Heap Overflow DoS (MS14-066)
This module exploits a vulnerability in "schannel.dll" by sending a crafted certificate packet to the "Internet Information Services" server via TLS protocol producing a heap overflow in the critical LSASS Windows process. WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released versionin 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.