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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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Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol DoS (MS12-020) Update
This update fixes the failure when running this module on multiple systems.
A vulnerability exists in the TinyMCE editor, included in the tiny browser plugin, which allows uploading files without authentication. This can be exploited to upload files with multiple extensions and execute arbitrary PHP code. This update adds support for Solaris platforms.
The Java plugin for Internet Explorer (jp2iexp.dll) is affected by a stack-based buffer overflow when processing the docBase parameter of a Java applet. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user by enticing the victim to visit a malicious web page. This update adds DEP bypassing capability to the exploit, and adds support for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Internet Explorer 8.
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Lotus Notes 8.5 when parsing a malformed, specially crafted WK3 (SpreadSheet Lotus 1-2-3 Document) file.
Microsoft Windows LNK Shortcut Automatic File Execution Exploit
Microsoft Windows is prone to a vulnerability that may allow a file to automatically run because the software fails to handle 'LNK' files properly. Specifically, the issue occurs when loading the icon of a shortcut file. A specially crafted 'LNK' file can cause Windows to automatically execute code that is specified by the shortcut file. This vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild. This update provides two modules: one of them can be used to exploit this vulnerability via an USB drive, and the other one provides a typical IMPACT client-side attack via email.
Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType Fonts Integer Overflow DoS (MS09-065) Update
This module causes a DoS in win32k.sys when attempts are made to render a malformed embedded font. This updates improves the functionality of the module.
FreeBSD mount Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update
FreeBSD is prone to multiple stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because the kernel fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. If the system is configured to allow unprivileged users to mount file systems, it is possible for a local adversary to exploit this vulnerability and execute code in the context of the kernel. This update fixs some issues and adds validations pre-explotation.
Microsoft Windows helpctr Invalid URL Processing Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to an error in the MPC::HTML::UrlUnescapeW() function in helpctr.exe when escaping URLs. 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.
A use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Apple Safari (in versions prior to 4.0.5) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via HTML elements with right-to-left (RTL) text directionality.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error with the handling of PORT commands. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted command passed to the affected server. This update fix the Connect to connection method.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
FeedDemon OPML Outline Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit
FeedDemon is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks when opening .OPML files.
eDisplay Personal FTP Server RMD Command Buffer Overflow Exploit
eDisplay Personal FTP server is an FTP server for Microsoft Windows. The server is exposed to multiple remote buffer overflow issues because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data, for example, sending an RMD crafted command
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Testlink login Cross Site Scripting Exploit
A cross-site scripting vulnerability is present in TestLink before 1.8.5 allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the req parameter to login.php.
Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Sudoedit Privilege Escalation Exploit
Exploits a missing verification of the path in the command "sudoedit", provided by the sudo package. This can be exploited to e.g. execute any command as root including a shell, allowing an unprivileged process to elevate privileges to root. 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 vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error with the handling of PORT commands. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted command passed to the affected server.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Sun Java getSoundBank Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE when the HsbParser.getSoundBank function in jsound.dll handles a specially crafted .JAR file.
Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability Exploit (MS09-067)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Office Excel handles specially crafted Excel files that include a malformed record object. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module.
Symantec ConsoleUtilities ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll control included in the Symantec ConsoleUtilities application. The exploit is triggered when the BrowseAndSaveFile method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow.
Omni-NFS Enterprise FTP Server Buffer Overflow Exploit
This vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow in Omni-NFS Enterprise FTP Server, due to its lack of checking of user-supplied data within FTP requests.
A Remote Code Execution issue has been found in Zabbix version 1.6.2 and no authentication is required in order to exploit this vulnerability. Magic Quotes must be turned off in order to exploit this vulnerability. NOTE: Magic quotes is no longer supported by PHP starting with PHP 6.0
Linux
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Mozilla Firefox Memory Corruption Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and installs an agent on the target machine. This update adds support to mac os x.
FileCopa LIST Command Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
FileCopa FTP Server is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability when handling data through the LIST command, a large amount of data can trigger an overflow in a finite-sized internal memory buffer.
Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Remote Heap Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a heap-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft SQL Server by sending a specially crafted SQL query. It has two uses: One as a Remote Exploit which needs authentication, and another as an SQL Injection Agent installer module, which needs an SQL Agent as a target.