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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
RealNetworks RealPlayer CDDA URI ActiveX Exploit
An ActiveX control in RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.4, and RealPlayer Enterprise 2.1.2 does not properly initialize an unspecified object component during parsing of a CDDA URI, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and application crash) via a long URI.
CA iTechnology iGateway Debug Mode Buffer Overflow Exploit
The CA iGateway component, contains a buffer overflow vulnerability due to improper bounds checking on HTTP GET requests by the iGateway component when debug mode is enabled.
PHP apache_request_headers Function Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow in PHP. The specific flaw is in the apache_request_handlers() function. The apache_request_handlers() function fails to validate the length of certain headers in the HTTP request and blindly copy all the string received in the vulnerable header to the stack causing a buffer overflow.
Microsoft Windows Win32k Read AV Vulnerability (MS13-053) Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in win32k.sys when the EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec() doesn't initialize the pointer to the next memory chunk. This update adds support to Windows 2003 64 bits, Windows Vista 64 bits, Windows 2008 64 bits, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 7 64 bits, Windows 8 64 bits and Windows 2012 64 bits.
WM Downloader contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in WM Downloader when handling .M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .M3U file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Adrenalin Player ASX Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adrenalin Player .ASX files. The vulnerability is caused due to lack of boundary checks in exporting an ASX file witch causes an Buffer Overflow of the stack and a SEH attack is possible due to a vulnerable DLL included in the software.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Windows MSCOMCTL Exploit (MS12-027) Update
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the MSCOMCTL.OCX control by sending a specially crafted .RTF file. This update fixes an issue in the agent connector.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing JPG image files and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted JPG image file.
EMC AlphaStor Library Control Program Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the AlphaStor Library Control Program when processing commands and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.
An error in the way that Java implements dynamic binding can be abused to overwrite public final fields. 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. 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.
freeSSHd SSH Server Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution Exploit
A vulnerability in the freeSSHd SSH Server allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent into the target host.
Sunway Force Control SCADA SMNP NetDBServer Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
A stack based buffer overflow in the SNMP NetDBServer service of Sunway Forcecontrol is triggered when sending an overly long string to the listening service on port 2001. This version updates runtime value to the appropriate for this case.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Oracle AutoVue ActiveX Control SetMarkupMode Buffer Overflow Exploit
A buffer overflow vulnerability found in the AutoVue.ocx ActiveX control due in strcpy function in the SetMarkupMode method, when handling a specially crafted sMarkup argument.
Apple QuickTime QTVR QTVRStringAtom Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
The vulnerability exists within the QuickTimeVR.qtx component when processing a QTVRStringAtom having an overly large "stringLength" parameter. This can be exploited to cause a based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running the application. This update adds support for Internet Explorer 6 and 8 and bypass DEP. Also allows to send the mov file by email to open it directly with QuickTimePlayer.
The VBoxSF.sys driver is a component of VirtualBox Guest Additions, which is in charge of providing the 'Shared Folders' feature offered by Oracle VirtualBox. This driver doesn't properly validate a pointer when handling the IOCTL_MRX_VBOX_DELCONN IoControl. This allows an unprivileged user in a Windows Guest OS with VirtualBox Guest Additions installed to gain SYSTEM privileges within the Guest OS.
This module exploits a vulnerability in OpenSSL by sending a "Change Ciper Spec" message to the server. This vulnerability allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger use of a zero-length master key in certain OpenSSL-to-OpenSSL communications, and consequently hijack sessions or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted TLS handshake.
This module exploits a remote command execution vulnerability in the Zope web application server used by Plone, by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected web site. The vulnerability exists because it is possible to remotely invoke the popen2 function from the Python os package with arbitrary arguments in the context of the affected server. This can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable machine.
Microsoft Windows TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability DoS (MS11-087) Update
This update adds support to Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 2008 and Microsoft Windows 7. When a crafted TTF file is processed by Windows kernel it produces a stack exhaustion finishing it in a BSoD.
Apple QuickTime text3GTrack attribute TeXML Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit
Buffer Overflow when handling an attribute of "text3GTrack" elements can be exploited when Quick Player handles a specially crafted TeXML file. 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.