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
SolarWinds Storage Manager Server SQL Injection Authentication Bypass Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the SolarWinds Storage Manager Server. The LoginServlet page available on port 9000 is vulnerable to SQL injection via the loginName field. An attacker can send a specially crafted username and execute arbitrary SQL commands leading to remote code execution. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Citrix Provisioning Services Streamprocess Opcodes Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a remote buffer overflow in the streamprocess.exe service included in the Citrix Provisioning Services application by sending a malformed packet to the 6905/UDP port. This module adds support for Windows 2003. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
VLC Media Player ABC File Parsing Exploit The vulnerability is due to an error while parsing Parts field in ABC files which can result in an integer overflow in the libmodplug library used by VLC Media Player. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Artweaver AWD File Processing Memory Corruption Exploit Artweaver is prone to a Memory Corruption when handling a specially crafted AWD files. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
DJ Studio Pro SEH Overflow Exploit DJ Studio Pro contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the application when handling .pls files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .pls file. This overflow allows to overwrite an SEH pointer, generate and exception and execute arbitrary code. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
TRENDnet SecurView Internet Camera UltraMJCam OpenFileDlg Buffer Overflow Exploit A vulnerability exists in TRENDnet SecurView Internet Camera's ActiveX control that can be exploited by sending a long string of data to the OpenFileDlg() function. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Oracle Java Driver Manager Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Oracle Java taking advantages of the java.sql.DriverManager class. The specific flaw exists within the usage of java.sql.DriverManager. The issue lies in an implicit call to toString() that is made within a doPrivileged block. This flaw allows an unprivileged Java applet to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the target machine with the privileges of the current user. This vulnerability was one of the 2013's Pwn2Own challenges. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Wireshark DRDA Dissector DoS The DRDA protocol dissector in Wireshark can enter an infinite loop when processing an specially crafted DRDA packet with the iLength field set to 0, causing Wireshark to stop responding. Linux Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Win32k Font Parsing Vulnerability DoS (MS13-036) This module exploits a vulnerability in Windows kernel (win32k.sys) when a crafted TTF font is open. 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. Windows Denial of Service/Local Impact
freeSSHd SSH Server Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution Exploit A vulnerability in the freeSSHd SSH Server allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent into the target host. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Sunway Force Control SCADA SMNP NetDBServer Buffer Overflow Exploit Update A stack based buffer overflow in the SNMP NetDBServer service of Sunway Forcecontrol is triggered when sending an overly long string to the listening service on port 2001. This version updates runtime value to the appropriate for this case. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Oracle AutoVue ActiveX Control SetMarkupMode Buffer Overflow Exploit A buffer overflow vulnerability found in the AutoVue.ocx ActiveX control due in strcpy function in the SetMarkupMode method, when handling a specially crafted sMarkup argument. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Apple QuickTime QTVR QTVRStringAtom Buffer Overflow Exploit Update The vulnerability exists within the QuickTimeVR.qtx component when processing a QTVRStringAtom having an overly large "stringLength" parameter. This can be exploited to cause a based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running the application. This update adds support for Internet Explorer 6 and 8 and bypass DEP. Also allows to send the mov file by email to open it directly with QuickTimePlayer. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Oracle VirtualBox VBoxSF.sys IOCTL_MRX_VBOX_DELCONN Privilege Escalation Exploit The VBoxSF.sys driver is a component of VirtualBox Guest Additions, which is in charge of providing the 'Shared Folders' feature offered by Oracle VirtualBox. This driver doesn't properly validate a pointer when handling the IOCTL_MRX_VBOX_DELCONN IoControl. This allows an unprivileged user in a Windows Guest OS with VirtualBox Guest Additions installed to gain SYSTEM privileges within the Guest OS. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
OpenSSL ChangeCipherSpec Message Vulnerability Checker This module exploits a vulnerability in OpenSSL by sending a "Change Ciper Spec" message to the server. This vulnerability allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger use of a zero-length master key in certain OpenSSL-to-OpenSSL communications, and consequently hijack sessions or obtain sensitive information, via a crafted TLS handshake. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
Blue Coat Systems WinProxy Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Blue Coat Systems Inc.'s WinProxy. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
IIS .DLL URL DoS This module restarts the IIS server. This exploit forces the IIS process inetinfo.exe to throw an unhandled exception. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
PHP memory_limit exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the memory_limit function in PHP and installs a level0 agent. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
Plone popen2 Remote Command Execution Exploit This module exploits a remote command execution vulnerability in the Zope web application server used by Plone, by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected web site. The vulnerability exists because it is possible to remotely invoke the popen2 function from the Python os package with arbitrary arguments in the context of the affected server. This can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable machine. FreeBSD Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability DoS (MS11-087) Update This update adds support to Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 2008 and Microsoft Windows 7. When a crafted TTF file is processed by Windows kernel it produces a stack exhaustion finishing it in a BSoD. Windows Denial of Service/Local Impact
e107 Install Script Command Injection Exploit Update This update appends support for solaris and Mac OS X. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
Apple QuickTime text3GTrack attribute TeXML Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit Buffer Overflow when handling an attribute of "text3GTrack" elements can be exploited when Quick Player handles a specially crafted TeXML file. 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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail IMAPd Service UID Buffer Overflow Exploit Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail IMAPd Service is prone to a buffer overflow SEH gets overwritten when using UID command. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Landesk Gateway Web Interface Command Injection Exploit The LANDesk web application does not sufficiently verify if a well-formed request was created by the user whose browser submitted the request. Using this flaw an external remote attacker can use a Cross-site Request Forgery attack via a user with a LANDesk session to run arbitrary code using the gsbadmin user (that is the user running the web-server), the gsbadmin user has sudo privileges. Linux Exploits/Client Side Impact