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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
3S CoDeSys Gateway Server Arbitrary File Upload Exploit
3S Codesys Gateway Server is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability that allows arbitrary file creation.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to memory corruption method in acroform.api. This can be exploited to cause code execution when a specially crafted .PDF file is opened in Adobe Reader or is opened embedded in a browser. 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.
The NFS client subsystem in FreeBSD fails to correctly validate the length of a parameter provided by the user when a filesystem is mounted. This may cause a kernel stack overflow that can be exploited by local users to gain root privileges.
Microsoft Internet Explorer MSHTML CMarkup Use-After-Free Exploit Update
Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving crafted JavaScript code. This version add flash information, Windows 7 support and improve code.
IBM Installation Manager URI Handler Argument Injection Exploit Update
This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by instantiating the "iim" uri handler with a malicious DLL(impact.dll) as parameter. This update adds WEBDav support.
This module exploits a OpenBSD's PF remote denial-of-service vulnerability. This issue is due to a flaw in affected kernels that results in a kernel crash when attempting to normalize IP fragments.
NetBackup Java user-interface is affected by a remote format string vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious request that contains format specifiers. This module exploits this vulnerability and installs an agent.
Microsoft Windows Object Packager Insecure Executable Loading Exploit (MS12-002)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Windows registers and uses the Windows Object Packager that may allow the execution of any executable file named packager.exe, if this executable is located in the same folder than a .PPSX 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.
There is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the administration web server for GoodTech Telnet Server which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to port 2380.
This module adds support for Mac OS X and Solaris platforms.
Solaris
Exploits/Remote
Impact
HP Data Protector EXEC_CMD Exploit Update
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in HP Data Protector by sending a specially crafted EXEC_CMD request. This update fixes an issue when using InjectorEgg.
Microsoft Windows Win32k TrackPopupMenu Null Pointer Dereference Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS14-058) Update 2
This module exploits a null pointer dereference in win32k.sys by abusing of xxxSendMessageTimeout function. The TrackPopupMenu API function is used to trigger the vulnerability. This update adds support for Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 2012 platforms.
The map_yp_alias function in functions/imap_general.php in SquirrelMail before 1.4.18 and NaSMail before 1.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a username string that is used by the ypmatch program. This module works if map:map_yp_alias is set as the imap server address in config.php, which is not the default setting.
Nuance PDF Reader 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 .PDF file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
GetRight SvcTagLib DLL Hijacking Exploit
GetRight is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named SvcTagLib.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .GRX file.
Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .JSX file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2010 extSetOwner() ActiveX Exploit
Remote code execution vulnerability in Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2010 ActiveX when sending an invalid pointer to the extSetOwner() function of UfPBCtrl.dll.
Linux Kernel RDS Protocol Privilege Escalation Exploit
The Linux kernel is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability that can be exploited by local unprivileged users to gain root access, because the RDS protocol does not properly check that the base address of a user-provided iovec struct points to a valid userspace address before using the __copy_to_user_inatomic() function to copy the data. By providing a kernel address as an iovec base and issuing a recvmsg() style socket call, a local user could write arbitrary data into kernel memory, thus escalating privileges to root.
Microsoft Windows MQAC.sys Arbitrary Write Local Privilege Escalation Exploit
The MQ Access Control Driver (mqac.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 (0x1965020F) to the vulnerable driver.
OpenBSD's PF is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability. Exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to cause a kernel panic on affected computers, denying further service to legitimate users.
OpenBSD
Denial of Service/Remote
Impact
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a remote buffer overflow in the TSM Remote Client Agent (dsmagent) by sending a specially crafted sequence of packets to the affected application.
Sophos Web Protection Appliance sblistpack Command Injection Exploit
The /opt/ws/bin/sblistpack Perl script in Sophos Web Protection Appliance, which can be reached from the web interface, is vulnerable to OS command injection because its get_referers() function does not escape the first argument of the script before using it within a string that will be executed as a command by using backticks. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the affected appliance with the privileges of the "spiderman" operating system user.