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
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Impersonation Exploit (MS10-061) This module exploits a vulnerability in the "Print Spooler" service. 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/Remote Impact
Daemon Tools Lite mfc80loc DLL Hijacking Exploit Daemon Tools Lite is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of MFC80LOC.DLL if this dll is located in the same folder than .MDS file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Mail DLL Hijacking Exploit Microsoft Windows Mail is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of wab32res.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .NWS file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Nokia PC Suite wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit Nokia PC Suite is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of wintab32.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .VCF file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Winamp dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit Winamp is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .CDA file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
HP Data Protector DtbClsLogin Remote Exploit This module exploits a remote stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in HP Data Protector, by sending a specially crafted packet to the port 3817/TCP, which will trigger a buffer overflow when processed by the DtbClsLogin function in the dpwindtb.dll module. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
JBoss Seam 2 Framework actionOutcome Remote Code Execution Exploit An input sanitization flaw was found in the way JBoss Seam processes certain parameterized JBoss Expression Language (EL) expressions. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code via GET requests, containing specially-crafted expression language parameters, provided to web applications based on the JBoss Seam framework. This module exploits the vulnerability in any web application based on vulnerable versions of the Seam 2 framework. Linux Exploits/Remote Code Execution Impact
Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Debug Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the ienipp.ocx ActiveX control. The control accepts a 'debug' parameter that is expected to be either "yes" or "true". If a string of a specific length is provided instead, a processing loop within the ExecuteRequest method can be made to corrupt a stack-based buffer. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Office Excel RTD Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-038) Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed RTD (0x813) record, aka "Excel RTD Memory Corruption Vulnerability". Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Office Word Property Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS06-038) A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Office, and could be exploited when a malformed property included in an Office file was parsed by any of the affected Office applications. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Integard Home and Pro Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the handling of HTTP POST requests. This may allow execution of arbitrary code by sending an overly long, specially crafted HTTP POST request to the server. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Memory Corruption Exploit (MS10-067) Microsoft WordPad is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability, because the Word 97 Text Converter does not properly parse certain structures in a Word 97 file. This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, by enticing an unsuspecting user to open a specially crafted .DOC file with Microsoft WordPad. 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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Adobe Flash Player Content Processing Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player triggered when processing a specially crafted .SWF 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
Adobe Reader Font Parsing Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader when parsing a .PDF file with a malformed font embedded. This update adds support for several versions of Adobe Reader and corrects the CVE Number of the vulnerability. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Address Book wab32res DLL Hijacking Exploit Microsoft Address Book is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of wab32res.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .WAB file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
VLC Media Player wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit VLC Media Player is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of wintab32.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .MP3 file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Adobe Reader Font Parsing Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader when parsing a .PDF file with a malformed font embedded. 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
MediaCoder M3U playlist Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 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. This update support the last version of the program. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Wireshark airpcap DLL Hijacking Exploit Wireshark is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of airpcap.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .PCAP file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack Remote Exploit This module exploits a remote memory corruption on IBM Tivoli Storage Manager FastBack by sending a specially crafted sequence of packets to the affected application. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Atlassian FishEye Struts 2 ParametersInterceptor Remote Code Execution Exploit The ParametersInterceptor class of XWork framework, part of the Struts 2 web framework, as shipped with Atlassian FishEye, does not properly restrict access to server-side objects. This can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to modify server-side objects and e.g. execute arbitrary commands via specially crafted OGNL (Object-Graph Navigation Language) expressions. Windows Exploits/Remote Code Execution Impact
Lotus Notes WK3 File Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Lotus Notes 8.5 when parsing a malformed, specially crafted WK3 (SpreadSheet Lotus 1-2-3 Document) file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Tracing Registry Key ACL Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS10-059) An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows places incorrect access control lists (ACLs) on the registry keys for the Tracing Feature for Services. The vulnerability allows local attackers running code under an account with impersonation rights, like NETWORK SERVICE, to gain SYSTEM privileges. 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. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Image22 ActiveX Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Image22 ActiveX Control. The exploit is triggered when the DrawIcon() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Apple QuickTime _Marshaled_pUnk Backdoor Param Arbitrary Code Execution Exploit QuickTime has a backdoor in QTPlugin.ocx implemented during development cycle, this can be used by execute arbitrary code under the context of the browser. 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