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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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Oracle AutoVue Electro-Mechanical Professional dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit
Oracle AutoVue Electro-Mechanical Professional is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named dwmapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .DWG file.
EViews Enterprise Edition is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named dwmapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .PRG file.
Microsoft Windows AFD AfdConnect Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS11-046) Update
The Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) present in Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to an arbitrary pointer overwrite. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by sending a specially crafted IOCTL to the vulnerable driver.
Microsoft Windows AFD AfdConnect Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS11-046)
The Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) present in Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to an arbitrary pointer overwrite. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by sending a specially crafted IOCTL to the vulnerable driver.
Microsoft Windows AFD AfdJoinLeaf Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS11-080)
The Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) present in Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to an arbitrary pointer overwrite. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by sending a specially crafted IOCTL to the vulnerable driver.
PROMOTIC SCADA suffers from an ActiveX stack overflow. The exploit is triggered when the SaveCfg() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow.
TUGZip is vulnerable to a stack buffer overflow due to improper parsing of the filename parameter within zip file if an overly long filename is provided.
The MS-RPC functionality in smbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.25rc3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters involving the SamrChangePassword function, when the "username map script" smb.conf option is enabled.
Microsoft Host Integration Server Remote DoS (MS11-082)
Microsoft Host Integration Server is prone to a remote denial of service due to improper memory handling by the process SnaBase.exe when parsing UDP packets arriving on port 1478.
MSRPC Server Service Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-067) Update 5
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Server service by sending a specially crafted RPC request. This update adds reliability when exploiting all supported platforms.
Apple QuickTime H264 Movie Files Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability exists within the way Quicktime parse h264 movies. The application will use a length that is defined within the structure to copy data into a statically sized buffer on the stack.
Cytel StatXact Cytel Studio Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Cytel StatXact. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error within the processing of .CY3 project files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted .CY3 file is opened.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the WireShark openSAFETY dissector, sending a specially crafted openSAFETY packet over UDP, causing WireShark to crash.
Microsoft Windows Font Library File Vulnerability DoS (MS11-077)
This module causes a BSOD in Microsoft Windows when parsing a specially crafted .FON 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 Windows Win32k Null Pointer Dereference DoS (MS11-077)
This module exploits a vulnerability on win32k.sys sending a crafted message from user to kernel.
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 Notepad wab32res.dll COM Server-based Binary Planting Exploit
This module exploits a COM Server-based Binary Planting vulnerability on Microsoft Notepad, different to the already patched CVE-2011-1991.
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.