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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
CSRSS facename exploit Update 2
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in WINSRV.DLL in the Client Server Runtime System (CSRSS) process. Allows local users to gain privileges via a specially-designed application that provides console window information with a long FaceName value. This update fixes a bug that occurs when this module is launched by RPT, with a newer Windows platform such as Windows Seven as target.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the authentication process. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by sending an overly long, specially-crafted password to the affected server. This update adds CVE Number.
Exim With Dovecot LDA Remote Code Execution Exploit
The Dovecot documentation contains an example using a dangerous configuration option for Exim, which leads to a remote command execution vulnerability.
Linux
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Microsoft Windows Class Name String Atom Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS12-041)
An error in the way that the Windows kernel handles string atoms when registering a new window class allows unprivileged users to re-register atoms of privileged applications. This vulnerability can be exploited by local unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
Adobe ColdFusion is vulnerable to a remote authentication-bypass, allowing the attacker to upload an agent and execute it. The agent may have SYSTEM privileges if ColdFusion is installed as a service in Windows.
Bifrost Server is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability which can be exploited remotely by sending a specially crafted packet to port TCP/81.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Microsoft Office Access Database Processing Pointers Exploit (MS13-074)
Microsoft Access contains a vulnerability in the way it handles compiled queries that are stored in .aacdb files. It mistakenly interprets certain fields in the file as pointers and produce memory corruption.
Microsoft Windows Win32k Divided Error Exception DoS (MS13-046) Update
This module exploits a Windows kernel vulnerability calling to "NtGdiScaleViewportExtEx" function by using crafted parameters. This update adds support for all 32 bit Windows versions.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox when serializing XML to a DOM object. A certain method used during this process is likely to create a dangling pointer. Remote attackers can take advantage of this memory and use it to execute arbitrary code.
FreeFTPd is prone to a buffer overflow when handling an overly long PASS command.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Music Animation Machine MIDI SEH Buffer Overflow Exploit
Music Animation Machine MIDI Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in MAM Player when handling misleading MIDI files. This situation leads to a buffer overflow and allows an attacker to overwrite an SEH Pointer and get control of execution. This vulnerability can be exploited via a specially crafted .mamx file.
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.
Siemens Solid Edge SEListCtrlX ActiveX control is prone to an arbitrary memory write vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CFlatMarkupPointer Use-After-Free (MS13-059)
Use after free in Internet Explorer when an invalid reference to CFlatMarkupPointer is used. Successful control of the freed memory may leverage arbitrary code execution under the context of the user.
HP LoadRunner micWebAjax ActiveX Control NotifyEvent Exploit
The specific flaw exists within the micWebAjax.dll ActiveX control. The control exposes the NotifyEvent method. The method performs insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data which results in stack corruption.
Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Agnitum Outpost Security Suite acs.exe service server when handling a specially crafted request, sent to the acsipc_server named pipe. Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges in the context of the acs.exe server process.