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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 .NET Runtime Optimization Service Privilege Escalation Exploit
The .NET Runtime Optimization Service, part of the .NET Framework, is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability, which can be exploited by local unprivileged users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
Windows
Exploits/Local
Impact
Microsoft Access .mdb Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Access 2000 and 2003 when parsing a malformed mdb file.
This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to a boundary error in the Microsoft Agent ActiveX control (agentdpv.dll) when handling specially crafted URLs passed as argument to a certain unspecified method. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site.
This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to a boundary error in the Microsoft Agent ActiveX control (agentdpv.dll) when handling specially crafted URLs passed as argument to a certain unspecified method. This package improves the reliability of the exploit.
Microsoft ASP.NET Hash Table Collisions DoS (MS11-100)
This module sends HTTP requests with specially crafted data making the ASP.NET subsystem consume lot of resources. This attack prevents the victim server from processing requests from legitimate clients and probably will make the server non-operational. 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.
Microsoft ASP.NET Hash Table Collisions DoS (MS11-100) Update
This module sends HTTP requests with specially crafted data making the ASP.NET subsystem consume lot of resources. This attack prevents the victim server from processing requests from legitimate clients and probably will make the server non-operational. This update fixes an issue when launching the module from an agent running in a Linux system.
A denial of service vulnerability exists in DHCPv6 service when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system and sends specially crafted requests.
Microsoft DirectX DirectShow QuickTime Video Exploit
This module exploits a stack corruption in the DirectShow Quicktime Movie parser in quartz.dll of Microsoft DirectX. 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.
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the DirectShow Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange (SAMI) parser in quartz.dll of Microsoft DirectX.
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.
Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability Exploit (MS09-067) Update
A 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. This version add support for Microsoft Office 2007 SP2.
Microsoft Excel HFPicture Record Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-038)
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .XLS file with a malformed HFPicture (0x866) record.
This update adds support for Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 and Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3. This module exploits a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Excel file via a hyperlink bigger than 8000 bytes of length.
Microsoft Excel Lel Biff Record Memory Corruption (MS11-096)
The vulnerability is due to an memory corruption when the vulnerable software handles a crafted Excel file with a corrupted LEL 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.
Microsoft Excel OBJ Record Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-038)
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a crafted OBJ (0x5D) record.
Microsoft Excel SLK File Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS11-045)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Excel handles specially crafted .SLK files. 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.
Microsoft Excel SLK File Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS11-045) Update
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Excel handles specially crafted .SLK files. This version adds Office 2003 support.
Microsoft Excel XLB File Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS11-021)
The vulnerability exists within the application's parsing of a particular record within a Microsoft Excel Compound Document. When specifying a particular value, the application will fail to initialize a variable that is used as the length of a memcpy operation.
Microsoft Exchange MeetingPollHandler Deserialization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploit
Deserialization vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange MeetingPollProposeOptionsPayload.GetRequests() method. This method can be triggered with an HTTP request and with a specially crafted XML payload it can lead to OS command execution within the context of the w3wp.exe process which has SYSTEM level privileges.
This update exploits a deserialization vulnerability in SerializationTypeConverter when converting powershell remoting objects to execute OS commands as SYSTEM.