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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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Microsoft Streaming Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists due to the MS KS Server kernel module allow mapping arbitrary memory addresses to user mode. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to run code with elevated privileges.
This module exploits a vulnerability in XBMC by sending a specially crafted, overly long HTTP GET request to the application's web server which causes a stack-based buffer overflow, allowing arbitrary code execution.
Adobe PDF CustomDictionaryOpen Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in the customdictionaryopen() method in Javascript api. This can be exploited to cause a heap overflow when a specially crafted PDF file is opened.
Microsoft WordPad Word97 Converter Stack Overflow Exploit (MS09-010)
This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in WordPad when handling a specially crafted Word97 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.
CA Total Defense UNCWS Web Service exportReport Remote Code Execution Exploit
The UNCWS Web Service component of CA Total Defense listens for SOAP requests. The exportReport method makes use of the uncsp_GenerateReports_Dashboard stored procedure, which is vulnerable to SQL Injection. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable machine with SYSTEM privileges.
This update resolves an issue while trying to run the "Keylogger" module.
Exploits / Remote
Impact Professional
Adobe Flash Player Exploits Improvements
This update introduces variations in the SWF files of "Adobe Flash Player ByteArray valueOf Use-After-Free Exploit" and "Adobe Flash Player shared ByteArray Use-After-Free Exploit" modules to avoid antivirus signatures.
Microsoft Windows GDI Plus WMF Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-052)
When the method WmfEnumState::DibCreatePatternBrush in the GDI Plus library processes a WMF file with a malformed CreatePatternBrush record, this produces a stack overflow.
This module exploits a heap overflow vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird; the exploit is triggered when the user opens an attachment with a specially crafted Content-Type headers using the Thunderbird email client.
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 buffer overflow in the Microsoft Internet Explorer via a Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long fill parameter within a rect tag in a Vector Markup Language (VML) file. This update adds support for Lotus Notes.
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.
Sync Breeze Server Login Request Buffer Overflow Exploit
A vulnerability exists in Sync Breeze Server v2.2.34 when processing a remote clients "LOGIN" request.The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in libpal.dll when handling network messages and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet sent to TCP port 9120.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader when parsing a .PDF file with a malformed font embedded. This update adds support for several versions of Adobe Reader and corrects the CVE Number of the vulnerability.
GNU Glibc ld.so ORIGIN Privilege Escalation Exploit
The GNU C library (GNU glibc) is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability. This module exploits the vulnerability to install an agent with root privileges.
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.
Panda Internet Security RKPavProc.sys Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Panda Internet Security RKPavProc.sys driver when handling a specially crafted IOCTL request. This vulnerability allows unprivileged local users to execute code with SYSTEM privileges.
Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact Professional
Microsoft Office Outlook Linked Attachment Exploit (MS10-045)
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Outlook when verifying attachments that are attached using the ATTACH_BY_REFERENCE value of the PR_ATTACH_METHOD property in a specially crafted e-mail message.
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
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader when parsing .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in authplay.dll when handling crafted malicious Flash (.SWF) file or by embedding a malicious Flash application in a .PDF file.
HP OpenView NNM snmpviewer CGI Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the snmpviewer.exe CGI application, a component of HP OpenView Network Node Manager, by sending an HTTP request with an invalid value for the act and app parameters.