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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
HP AutoPass License Server Remote Code Execution Exploit
This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in HP AutoPass License Server. The CommunicationServlet component in HP AutoPass License Server does not enforce authentication and has a directory traversal vulnerability allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code trough a JSP page uploaded to the vulnerable server.
Apple CUPS HP-GL2 filter Remote Code Execution Exploit Update
This module exploits a specific flaw in the Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language filter. Inadequate bounds checking on the pen width and pen color opcodes result in an arbitrary memory overwrite allowing for the execution of arbitrary code as the "hgltops" process uid. -Linux Support added
AstonSoft DeepBurner is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before using it in a memory copy operation.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
eZip Wizard Buffer Overflow Exploit
A stack-based buffer overflow in eZip Wizard allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file with a long name of the internal file.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing certain packets and can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted packet sent to TCP port 2194.
The include/imageObjectIM.class.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) (before 1.4.15), when the ImageMagick picture processing method is configured, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a shell.
Microsoft Word ehTrace COM Server-based Binary Planting Exploit(MS11-073)
Microsoft Word have several safely registered COM servers whose DLLs make unsafe library loading calls. 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.
The specific flaw exists within qcpfformat.dll, which is responsible for parsing QCP media files. The process creates a static 256 byte allocation on the heap and trusts a user-supplied counter from the file within a memory copy loop. This version adds support for Internet Explorer 8 with java enabled.
Linux apport Race Condition Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Linux apport application. The apport application can be forced to drop privileges to uid 0 and write a corefile anywhere on the system. This can be used to write a corefile with crafted contents in a suitable location to gain root privileges.
A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the comments rendering in Wordpress 4.1.1 and previous versions. This exploit abuses a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability in Wordpress to install an OS Agent in the server running the Wordpress installation. This update includes a module that posts a comment with the cross site scripting code as a comment in a Wordpress post. The javascript code will attempt to install a Wordpress plugin everytime the post comment is rendered. The plugin will in turn install an OS agent in the server running Wordpress.
Linux
Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Microsoft Office Shared Component DLL Hijacking Exploit (MS11-023)
Microsoft Office is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named rsaenh.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder as a .dotx file.
Microsoft Windows MS-DOS Device Name Privilege Escalation Exploit(MS15-038)
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows kernel does not properly constrain impersonation levels. The vulnerability occurs because a user can place symlinks for the system drives in the per-login session device map and the kernel will follow them during impersonation. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability may, for example, redirect a call to LoadLibrary, from a system service (when impersonating), to an arbitrary location.
HP Client Automation Remote Code Execution Exploit
This module exploits a command injection vulnerability in HP Client Automation. The flaw exists within the radexecd.exe component which listens by default on TCP port 3465. When handling a remote execution request the process does not properly authenticate the user issuing the request. The command to be executed is also not properly sanitized. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
Microsoft Windows CreateWindow Function Callback Exploit (MS10-032) Update 2
This update adds support to Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows 2008. This module exploits a vulnerability in win32k.sys when a "window" is created.
MS SMB 2.0 Negociate Protocol Request Remote Exploit Update 2
This update uses two different methods to exploit the targets, and it also improves the exploited target stability when repairing the SMB service. This module exploits a vulnerability on srv2.sys via a SMB 2 malformed packet.
This module exploits a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.1 through 6.0. WARNING: This is an early release module.
This module exploits a buffer overflow in WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX control of Microsoft Internet Explorer and installs an agent. This update fixes a bug introduced by Mach Exception Handling exploit.
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in WINSRV.DLL in the Client Server Runtime System (CSRSS) process. Allows local users to gain privileges via a specially-designed application that provides console window information with a long FaceName value. This update improve the exploit reliability in windows 2003.
Linux Kernel join_session_keyring Reference Counting Privilege Escalation Exploit
The join_session_keyring() function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel is prone to a reference counter overflow that occurs when a process repeatedly tries to join an already existing keyring. This vulnerability can be leveraged by local unprivileged attackers to gain root privileges on the affected systems.
This module exploits a Jenkins command injection in order to install an agent.
Linux
Exploits/Remote
Impact
QuickView Plus Client vsacs Buffer Overflow Exploit
Quick View Plus contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Quick View Plus when handling .MDB files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .MDB file. This module runs a malicious web server on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to it by opening the crafted MDB file with Quick View Plus.