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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
Microsoft JET MDB Exploit (MS08-028)
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database (msjet40.dll) trough a Microsoft Access Document. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error in msjet40.dll within the processing of mdb files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened.
This module exploits a buffer overflow in Client Service for NetWare (CSNW) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages.
This module exploits a buffer overflow in Client Service for NetWare (CSNW) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages.
Adobe Acrobat Reader armsvc Service Privilege Escalation Exploit
Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.1.15 and 11.x before 11.0.12, Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Classic before 2015.006.30060, and Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC Continuous before 2015.008.20082 on Windows and OS X allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and perform a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4446 and CVE-2015-5106.
Microsoft Windows Win32k Cursor Object Double Free Vulnerability DoS (MS15-010) Update
This module exploits a double free vulnerability in win32k.sys, allowing an unprivileged local user to cause a BSOD. This update improves the post exploitation target information to include the CVE.
Microsoft Windows Sysret Instruction Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS12-042) Update
On Intel CPUs, sysret to non-canonical addresses causes a fault on the sysret instruction itself after the stack pointer is set to guest value but before the current privilege level (CPL) is changed. Windows is vulnerable due to the way the Windows User Mode Scheduler handles system requests. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent with system privileges. This update fixes an issue in the documentation.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint pp4x322 DLL Hijacking Exploit
Microsoft Office PowerPoint is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of pp4x322.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .PPT file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Windows Desktop Parameter Edit Vulnerability Exploit (MS09-025)
This module exploits a stack overflow on kernel mode on win32k.sys via an unspecified desktop parameter.
Microsoft Windows Media Player ASF Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS09-052)
Windows Media Player is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability that occurs because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data via a crafted .ASF file.
QuickTime Player Streaming Debug Error Logging Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in QuickTimeStreaming.qtx when constructing a string to write to a debug log file. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into viewing a specially crafted web page that references a SMIL file containing an overly long URL.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Archive Searcher Zip, when processing ZIP archives, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into searching in a specially crafted ZIP archive.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
UltraISO MDS Buffer Overflow Exploit
A stack-based buffer overflow in UltraISO allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted .MDS file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer Tabular Data Control ActiveX Exploit (MS10-018)
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Internet Explorer. The specific flaw exists within the Tabular Data Control ActiveX module. Specifically, if provided a malicious DataURL parameter a stack corruption may occur in the function CTDCCtl::SecurityCHeckDataURL. This can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current user. WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module.
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer TextBytesAtom Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-004)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 2003 by sending a specially crafted .PPT file with a malformed TextBytesAtom (0xF0A8) record. 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.
Net Transport eDonkey Protocol Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the processing of eDonkey "OP_LOGINREQUEST" packets. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted packet to the ed2k port of an affected system.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Microsoft Windows TCPIP SACK Remote DoS (MS10-009)
This module exploits a memory corruption in the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP implementation by sending a sequence of TCP/IP packets with a specially crafted Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) values. 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.
Quiksoft EasyMail AddAttachment Method ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit
QuikSoft EasyMail is prone to a buffer overflow. The vulnerability affects the 'AddAttachment()' method of the 'emsmtp.dll'. The issue occurs when the method handles user-input buffer with overly long size.
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a remote buffer overflow in the OmniInet.exe service included in the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector application by sending a malformed MSG_PROTOCOL packet.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player triggered when processing a specially crafted .SWF file. This update adds support for One Link Multiple Clientsides.