E-mail attachment execution

Added: 01/28/2009 Background This tool sends an e-mail attachment which, when executed, establishes a command connection. Limitations This tool requires a user to execute the e-mail attachment in order to succeed. This tool requires the IP address of a working mail server which allows relaying of...

Reverse Shell Applet

Added: 10/10/2010 Background This tool runs an exploit server which delivers a signed java applet, embedded in an HTML page, to the target hosts. The user is presented with a signed digital certificate which, when accepted, establishes a reverse shell connection back to the exploit server. Proble...

Find Metadata

Added: 06/04/2009 Background This tool searches the Internet for PDF and Microsoft Office files in the given domain, and extracts the metadata from those files. This metadata often contains the names or aliases of the document's authors or contributors, which can be used to guess valid e-mail...

Kodak Image Viewer TIFF image handling vulnerability

Added: 10/15/2007 CVE: CVE-2007-2217 BID: 25909 OSVDB: 37627 Background The Windows Kodak Image Viewer is a utility for rendering various image formats. It is included in Windows 2000, and may also be present on newer versions of Windows if a computer was upgraded from Windows 2000. Problem A...

Google Apps googleapps.url.mailto handler command injection

Added: 10/13/2009 BID: 36581 Background Google Apps is a web-based productivity suite hosted by Google. Problem Google Apps handles googleapps.url.mailto URLs by passing the URL as a command-line argument to the googleapps.exe program without sufficiently validating the URL. This allows command...

Symantec Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control vulnerability

Added: 09/22/2009 BID: 36346 OSVDB: 57893 Background The Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control is installed with several products, including Altiris Deployment Solution. Problem The Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control allows remote files to be downloaded, saved to arbitrary...

ACDSee TIFF file handling buffer overflow

Added: 09/17/2009 BID: 35175 OSVDB: 54822 Background ACDSee is a suite of products for viewing and organizing photos. Problem A buffer overflow vulnerability allows command execution when a user opens a specially crafted TIFF file. Resolution Apply a fix when available. If a fix is not available,...

Read passwords stored in web browser

Added: 01/09/2009 Background This tool attempts to retrieve web site passwords which have been stored by Internet Explorer. Limitations A connection to the target is required to run this tool. Due to the encryption algorithm used by Internet Explorer, this tool can only retrieve passwords which...

Disable Firewall

Added: 11/25/2008 Background This tool attempts to disable the firewall on the target. Limitations A connection to the target is required to run this tool. The connection requires root privileges on Unix and Linux targets. Platforms Windows / Linux / Unix...

Oracle Database password weakness

Added: 05/12/2009 Background Oracle Database is a relational database solution available for multiple platforms. Problem The Oracle Database service has accounts with default or easily guessed passwords, which could allow an attacker to make unauthorized SQL queries. Resolution Set a strong...

SQL injection authentication bypass

Added: 01/04/2011 Background Structured Query Language SQL is the most common language understood by modern relational databases. Problem A web program uses input parameters within an SQL query in an unsafe manner. This could allow a remote attacker to manipulate the authentication query via a...

PHP Remote File Inclusion

Added: 01/28/2010 Background PHP scripts support the include and require statements, which cause an outside script to be run within the calling script. The included script can be a local file or, in some configurations, the URL of a remote file. Problem The PHP script is vulnerable to a remote fi...

Microsoft Office OCX ActiveX controls OpenWebFile program execution

Added: 01/30/2009 BID: 33243 Background Microsoft Office OCX is a suite of ActiveX document containers to create, open, edit, and print Microsoft Office files. Problem A vulnerability in multiple Office OCX ActiveX controls allows a web page to execute remote programs using the OpenWebFile method...