Core Certified Exploits

Library of expert validated exploits for safe and effective pen tests

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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Title Description Date Added CVE Link Exploit Platform Exploit Type Product Name
VLC MMS Stream Handling Buffer Overflow Exploit A Stack-based buffer overflow in VideoLAN VLC media player allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted MMS:// stream. CVE-2012-1775 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
IBM Cognos tm1admsd Multiple Operations Buffer Overflow Exploit This vulnerability exists within the tm1admsd.exe component Of IBM Cognos TM1. This process listens on TCP port 5498 by default. Multiple opcodes fail to validate user supplied length and data fields before copying their contents to a fixed length buffer on the stack. CVE-2012-0202 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Pulse Secure SSL VPN Arbitrary File Disclosure Exploit This exploit leverages a vulnerability in Pulse Secure which allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to send a specially crafted URI to perform an arbitrary file reading vulnerability. CVE-2018-13379 Linux Exploits / Remote File Disclosure Impact
Netmechanica NetDecision HTTP Server Buffer Overflow Exploit Update A buffer overflow in NetDecision's HTTP service is exploited when a long URL is managed by the HTTP Server's active window. For successfull exploitation, the victim need to have the HttpSvr's window open.

This version add CVE. 		CVE-2012-1465 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Cisco Catalyst 2960 IOS 12.2(55)SE1 ROCEM Remote Code Execution This module exploits a buffer overflow and installs an agent into the target host. Windows Exploits / Remote IOT
EZHomeTech EzServer Buffer Overflow Exploit EzServer is prone to a buffer-overflow when handling packets with an overly long string. NOCVE-9999-52789 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
ZTE ZXHN H108N Information Disclosure Vulnerability ZTE ZXHN H108N Information Disclosure vulnerability Exploits / Client Side IOT
Schneider Electric VAMPSET ASCII Argument Heap Overflow Exploit The vulnerability in VAMPSET is caused by opening crafted VAMPSET disturbance recording files with log ASCII argument. This produce a heap overflow vulnerability when this info is copied to a fixed sized buffer in the heap. CVE-2014-8390 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Astak CM-818T3 2.4GHz Wireless Security Surveillance Camera Remote Configuration Disclosure Astak CM-818T3 2.4GHz Wireless Security Surveillance Camera Remote Configuration Disclosure Exploits / Client Side IOT
Amaya Web Browser BDO HTML TAG Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability caused by boundary errors in Amaya Web Browser within the processing of a BDO HTML tag that has an overly long DIR attribute, allowing an attacker to cause a stack overflow in order to execute arbitrary code.



This update fixes an issue when using the option "Generate File". 		CVE-2008-5282 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Mozilla WebThings Authorized File Delete Mozilla WebThings Authorized File Delete Exploits / Remote IOT
SolarWinds Application Monitor TSUnicodeGraphEditorControl factory Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the 'factory' object's loadExtensionFactory method. The issue lies in a failure to validate the size of an attacker-supplied input before copying it into a fixed-size buffer on the stack. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. CVE-2015-1500 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Netgear DGN2200 DGND3700 Admin Password Disclosure Vulnerability This module exploits a Information Disclosure vulnerability in Netgear DGN2200 DGND3700 Windows Exploits / Remote IOT
GECKO Lite Managed switch Configuration Disclosure GECKO Lite Managed switch Remote Configuration Disclosure CVE-2017-5163 Exploits / Client Side IOT
SecuSTATION SC-831 HD Camera Remote Configuration Disclosure SecuSTATION SC-831 HD Camera - Remote Configuration Disclosure CVE-2019-20213 Exploits / Client Side IOT
Vivotek IP Cameras Credentials Leaked via Path Traversal Vulnerability This module exploits Vivotek IP Cameras Credentials Leaked via Path Traversal CVE-2013-1597 Windows Exploits / Remote IOT
CleverMic 1011S-12 IP Camera Remote Reboot Vulnerability CleverMic 1011S-12 IP Camera Remote Reboot vulnerability Exploits / Client Side IOT
ESCAM QD-900 WIFI HD Camera Remote Configuration Disclosure ESCAM QD-900 WIFI HD Camera Remote Configuration Disclosure Exploits / Client Side IOT
Accelrys BIOVIA ActiveX Control Remote File Overwrite Vulnerability This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side MEDICAL
Lytec 2008 (Lytec 2014) Claims Manager Remote Arbitrary File Overwrite This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side MEDICAL
EBMPICO Information Disclosure Vulnerability This module exploits a Information Disclosure vulnerability in EBMPICO Windows Exploits / Remote MEDICAL
PulseAudio Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a race condition vulnerability in PulseAudio on Linux systems to gain elevated privileges. CVE-2009-1894 Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Adobe Reader JBIG2Decode Memory Corruption Exploit update This module exploits an array indexing vulnerability in Adobe Reader when handling a specially crafted PDF file.

This update adds support for Windows XP SP2, Windows 2000 Professional SP4 and improves reliability when exploiting from browsers. 		CVE-2009-0658 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Apple QuickTime PICT File PnSize Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability exists within the way Quicktime handles the PnSize

PICT opcode. It converts an unsigned 16 bit value into a signed 32 bit

value, this is later used as the size parameter for a memory copy

function that copies from the file onto the stack. The results in a

stack based buffer overflow that allows for remote code execution under

the context of the current user. 		CVE-2011-0257 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
DataRate Code Execution DataRate v4.1 Code Execution Vulnerability Exploits / Remote Code Execution SCADA