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
Apache CouchDB Cluster Default Cookie Remote OS Command Injection Exploit A default erlang cluster node cookie in Apache CouchDB allows attackers to access, gain admin privileges and execute system commands with couchdb user privileges. Linux, Windows Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Oracle Weblogic Server T3 ForeignOpaqueReference JNDI Injection Remote Code Execution Exploit Vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server (component: Core).

The vulnerability can be exploited through the T3/IIOP protocol network, which transfers information between WebLogic servers and other Java programs.

This vulnerability found in Oracle WebLogic Server can lead to remote code execution.
Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Path Traversal Vulnerability A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view arbitrary files within the web services file system on the targeted device. As an example, this could allow an attacker to impersonate another VPN user and establish a Clientless SSL VPN or AnyConnect VPN session to the device as that user Exploits / Remote IOT
H3C Magic R100 Router remote stack overflow (DoS) H3C Magic R100 R100V100R005 was discovered to contain a stack overflow vulnerability via the CMD parameter at /goform/aspForm. Exploits / Remote IOT
Netgear RAX35, RAX38, RAX40 routers path traversal A path traversal attack in web interfaces of Netgear RAX35, RAX38, and RAX40 routers before v1.0.4.102, allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive restricted information, such as forbidden files of the web application, via sending a specially crafted HTTP packet. Exploits / Remote IOT
Sielco PolyEco Digital FM Transmitter 2.0.6 Unauthenticated Information Disclosure Sielco PolyEco is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability due to improper access control enforcement. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request to gain access to sensitive information. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Windows File History Service FHSVC Elevation of Privilege Exploit A vulnerability exists in the file history service, which runs as system, and can be exploited to elevate from ordinary users to system privileges. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Apache ActiveMQ Openwire Java Library Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit A Java deserialization vulnerability is Apache ActiveMQ allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute system commands via OpenWire protocol. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Code Execution Impact
Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Exploit Update A java deserialization vulnerability and a blind XXE vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute system commands in Zoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus.



This update fixes the module attack logic when launched in webapps RPT.
Windows Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
IBM Director CIM Server Privilege Escalation Exploit IBM Director is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability that affects the CIM server. Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges in the context of the CIM server process. Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
MediaCoder M3U playlist Buffer Overflow Exploit MediaCoder contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in MediaCoder when handling .M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .M3U file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
pPim Remote File Inclusion Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in pPIM's upload.php script that allows attackers to upload arbitrary scripts of any type to the target server. Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact Professional
Linux Looney Tunables GLIBC Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update A buffer overflow was discovered in the GNU C Library's dynamic loader ld.so while processing the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. This issue could allow a local attacker to use maliciously crafted GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variables when launching binaries with SUID permission to execute code with elevated privileges.

This update contains a minor fix in the exploit time out.

Linux Exploits / Local Impact
Agent modules realibility fix This update improves the reliability of the Microsoft Package and Register, Send Agent by Email, Install agent using SMB, Instal agent using USB and Install agent using SSH modules. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
SQL Injection Analyzer Update Test a web page's parameters trying to detect potential SQL Injection vulnerabilities.



The module can be configured to look for vulnerabilities in GET & POST parameters and cookies.



This update adds an additional trigger to the FAST set of SQL injection triggers for the SQL Injection analyzer to use.
Exploits / SQL Injection Impact Professional
IBM Director CIM Server Remote Code Execution Exploit update This update resolves an issue related to the use of Impact's WebDAV server by this module. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Import Output from Nexpose using file Update This update resolves an error when importing services from a file. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows SMB 2.0 Negotiate Protocol Request Remote Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability on srv2.sys via a SMB 2 malformed packet.



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.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Load Library Vulnerability Exploit (MS09-022) Update This Update adds support to Microsoft Windows XP and 2003.



This module takes advantage of an insufficient library path check in spoolsv.exe service to load a dll from an arbitrary directory with System user privileges.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Image Color Management Exploit (MS08-046) This module exploits a heap overflow vulnerability in the OpenColorProfileW function of mscms.dll through a malformed EMF file embedded in an HTML file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft WINS Exploit (MS08-034) A memory corruption vulnerability in the ChkNtfSock function of wins.exe allows remote code execution.

The WINS service listens on more than one UDP port (it listens on 42/udp and also on a dynamic UDP port).

This attack targets the dynamic udp port, thus it requires the identification of such dynamic port by the user.

This can be accomplished by running a port scanner module such as the 'Port Scanner - UDP' module.

Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Browser URI Handler Command Injection Exploit This module exploits an argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, when running on systems with Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 installed and certain URIs registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a FirefoxURL or FirefoxHTML URI, which are inserted into the command line that is created when invoking firefox.exe. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Novell Client NWSPOOL.DLL Buffer Overflow Exploit Novell Client for Netware is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability on the nwspool.dll that could permit the execution of arbitrary remote code.

The nwspool.dll library does not properly handle long arguments to the Win32 OpenPrinter() functions.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
SQL Server Hello exploit update This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server. This update improves the exploit reliability and adds support for Windows 2003 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MSRPC SRVSVC NetrpPathCanonicalize (MS06-040) exploit update 2 This module exploits a remotely exploitable vulnerability in Windows' Server Service (MS06-040) over Microsoft DCERPC (ports 139 and 445).

This update adds support for windows 2003 sp0.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional