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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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OpenX Remote Code Execution Exploit Update
This update adds support for Solaris and Mac OS X platforms
Symantec Endpoint Protection Kernel Pool Overflow Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
Buffer overflow in the sysplant driver in Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) Client 11.x and 12.x before 12.1 RU4 MP1b, and Small Business Edition before SEP 12.1, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to a 0x00222084 IOCTL call.
FortiClient Weak IOCTL mdare Driver Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
FortiClient is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability that affects mdare64_48.sys, mdare32_48.sys, mdare32_52.sys, mdare64_52.sys and Fortishield.sys drivers. All these drivers expose an API to manage processes and the windows registry, for instance, the IOCTL 0x2220c8 of the mdareXX_XX.sys driver returns a full privileged handle to a given process PID. In particular, this same function is replicated inside Fortishield.sys. Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges in the context of any selected process.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Memory Corruption Exploit (MS09-017) Update
This module exploits a stack overflow on "pp7x32.dll" when it parses an inconsistent record length in sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 95 (PPT95) native file format. This update adds support to Microsoft Office XP, support to Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows Vista.
Novell Client for Netware is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability on the nwspool.dll that could permit the execution of arbitrary remote code. The nwspool.dll library does not properly handle long arguments to the Win32 OpenPrinter() functions.
This module exploits a remotely exploitable vulnerability in Windows' Server Service (MS06-040) over Microsoft DCERPC (ports 139 and 445). This update adds support for windows 2003 sp0.
Microsoft Group Policy Preferences Exploit (MS14-025)
The Group Policy implementation in Microsoft Windows does not properly handle distribution of passwords, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive credential information and consequently gain privileges by leveraging access to the SYSVOL share.
Microsoft Windows Media Center MCL URL File Disclosure Exploit (MS15-134)
Windows Media Center MCL files can specify a URL to be automatically loaded within Media Center. A specially crafted MCL file can trick Windows Media Center into rendering the very same MCL file as a local HTML file within the application's embedded web browser. This can be leveraged by an attacker to read and exfiltrate arbitrary files from a victim's local fileystem by convincing an unsuspecting user to open an MCL file.
This module exploits a type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability has been found exploited in-the-wild during December 2013. 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.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Apache Struts. The specific vulnerability is in the ParametersInterceptor, which allows a direct manipulation of the ClassLoader and as a result an attacker can execute arbitrary Java code in the target machine. 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.
A vulnerability exists in the TinyMCE editor, included in the tiny browser plugin, which allows uploading files without authentication. This can be exploited to upload files with multiple extensions and execute arbitrary PHP code. This update adds support for Solaris platforms.
The Java plugin for Internet Explorer (jp2iexp.dll) is affected by a stack-based buffer overflow when processing the docBase parameter of a Java applet. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user by enticing the victim to visit a malicious web page. This update adds DEP bypassing capability to the exploit, and adds support for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Internet Explorer 8.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Lotus Notes 8.5 when parsing a malformed, specially crafted WK3 (SpreadSheet Lotus 1-2-3 Document) file.
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 update provides two modules: one of them can be used to exploit this vulnerability via an USB drive, and the other one provides a typical IMPACT client-side attack via email.
Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType Fonts Integer Overflow DoS (MS09-065) Update
This module causes a DoS in win32k.sys when attempts are made to render a malformed embedded font. This updates improves the functionality of the module.
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.
Microsoft Windows helpctr Invalid URL Processing Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to an error in the MPC::HTML::UrlUnescapeW() function in helpctr.exe when escaping URLs. 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.
A use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Apple Safari (in versions prior to 4.0.5) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via HTML elements with right-to-left (RTL) text directionality.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error with the handling of PORT commands. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted command passed to the affected server. This update fix the Connect to connection method.
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FeedDemon OPML Outline Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit
FeedDemon is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks when opening .OPML files.
eDisplay Personal FTP Server RMD Command Buffer Overflow Exploit
eDisplay Personal FTP server is an FTP server for Microsoft Windows. The server is exposed to multiple remote buffer overflow issues because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data, for example, sending an RMD crafted command