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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
HP Data Protector Express Opcode 0x330 Parsing Remote Code Execution Exploit
A buffer Overflow exists within the dpwinsdr.exe process which listens on TCP port 3817 by default. The process has insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data copied to a fixed-length buffer on the stack. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending malformed opcode 0x330 message packets to the target.
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.
EMC NetWorker nsrd RPC Service Format String Exploit
A Format string vulnerability in the nsrd RPC service within EMC NetWorker? allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted message.
Advantech Studio ISSymbol ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit
Buffer overflow in the ISSymbol ActiveX control in ISSymbol.ocx in Advantech Studio allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long String argument in the InternationalOrder method.
The best practice for installations of EMC Replication Manager is to register a Replication Manager Client (irccd.exe) instance with the appropiate Replication Manager Server (ird.exe) as soon as the client software is installed on a host. Registration is performed by Replication Manager administrators from within the Replication Manager Server.
Windows
Exploits/Remote Code Execution
Impact
Libdbus DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS Variable Local Privilege Escalation
Libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid processes not clearing the environment variables, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable.
Microsoft Windows Sysret Instruction Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS12-042) Update
On Intel CPUs, sysret to non-canonical addresses causes a fault on the sysret instruction itself after the stack pointer is set to guest value but before the current privilege level (CPL) is changed. Windows is vulnerable due to the way the Windows User Mode Scheduler handles system requests. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent with system privileges. This update fixes an issue in the documentation.
GE Proficy Historian KeyHelp ActiveX LaunchTriPane Code Execution Exploit
GE Proficy Historian is prone to a Code execution vulnerability in the KeyScript ActiveX control from keyhelp.ocx. The function LaunchTriPane use the -decompile option and can be abused to write arbitrary files on the remote system.
Microsoft Windows Win32k Keyboard Layout Vulnerability Exploit (MS12-047) Update
This update adds support to Impact 12.5 This module exploits a Windows kernel vulnerability by loading a fake keyboard layout through a call to "NtUserLoadKeyboardLayoutEx" function with crafted parameters. When the keyboard layout is processed by win32k.sys, it produces a kernel heap memory corruption.
This module exploits two vulnerabilities in HP SiteScope to gain remote code execution. The first vulnerability is an authentication bypass in the getSiteScopeConfiguration operation available through the APISiteScopeImpl AXIS service to grab the administrator credentials from the server running HP SiteScope. The second vulnerability is a directory traversal in the UploadFileHandler url that allows to upload files to the server into a directory that allows for scripting.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Microsoft Windows Sysret Instruction Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS12-042)
On Intel CPUs, sysret to non-canonical addresses causes a fault on the sysret instruction itself after the stack pointer is set to guest value but before the current privilege level (CPL) is changed. Windows is vulnerable due to the way the Windows User Mode Scheduler handles system requests. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent with root privileges.
This update adds support to Debian 6.0.0 and adds support for attacking IPv6 targets. This module exploits a heap overflow bug in Samba Server by sending a crafted request packet via DCERPC call.
Oracle Outside In XPM Image Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit
A Buffer Overflow exists in the Oracle Outside SDK when the XPM image processing method does not properly validate the length of chars_per_pixel string within XPM images. This suite is used for 3rd party applications like Quick View Plus.
Cisco Linksys PlayerPT ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2
This module exploits a vulnerability in the PlayerPT.ocx module included in the Cisco Linksys WVC200 Wireless-G PTZ Internet Video Camera application. The exploit is triggered when the SetSource() method processes a crafted argument resulting in a buffer overflow. This update improves the xml of the module to be compatible with new product functionality.
TurboFTP Server PORT Command Buffer Overflow Exploit
TurboFTP Server is prone to a buffer-overflow when processing a malformed PORT command.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
HP Lifecycle Management XGO ActiveX SetShapeNodeType Type Method Exploit
Type Confusion vulnerability in XGO.ocx ActiveX control in HP Lifecycle Management in the method SetShapeNodeType allowing user-specified memory to be used as an object.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Novell File Reporter NFRAgent PATH Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability exists within NFRAgent.exe listening on TCP port 3037. When parsing tags inside the PATH element, the process performs insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data prior to copying it on the stack.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Novell File Reporter NFRAgent VOL Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability exists within NFRAgent.exe listening on TCP port 3037. When parsing tags inside the VOL element, the process performs insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data prior to copying it on the stack.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
HP Intelligent Management Center UAM sprintf Buffer Overflow Exploit
A stack buffer overflow exists in HP Intelligent Management Center's uam.exe service which listens on port UDP/1811. The vulnerability is due to lack of validation of a string passed to sprintf.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Microsoft Word MSCOMCTL TabStrip Control Use-after-free Exploit(MS12-060) Update
A Memory Corruption in Microsoft Word is caused due to an error within the TabStrip ActiveX control (MSCOMCTL.OCX) object, embedded in a RTF crafted file. This update adds support for Impact 12.5.
PHP apache_request_headers Function Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a buffer overflow in PHP. The specific flaw is in the apache_request_handlers() function. The apache_request_handlers() function fails to validate the length of certain headers in the HTTP request and blindly copy all the string received in the vulnerable header to the stack causing a buffer overflow.
HP OpenView Performance Agent coda.exe Opcode 0x8C Buffer Overflow Exploit
A buffer overflow exists in coda.exe process which listens on a random TCP port by default. The process trusts a value within a GET request as a size then proceeds to copy that many bytes of user-supplied data into a fixed-length buffer on the stack.
Cisco Linksys PlayerPT ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit Update
This module exploits a vulnerability in the PlayerPT.ocx module included in the Cisco Linksys WVC200 Wireless-G PTZ Internet Video Camera application. The exploit is triggered when the SetSource() method processes a crafted argument resulting in a buffer overflow. This update adds support for Internet Explorer 8 and 9 and Windows 7, detected automatically.