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
Client Side email templates processing improvements This update improves the processing of Client Side email templates. Exploits / Remote Impact
GIMP script-fu Server Buffer Overflow Exploit There is a buffer overflow in the script-fu server component of GIMP

(the GNU Image Manipulation Program) when sending a crafted package to the port 10008.
Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Samba Username Map Script Command Injection Exploit Update The MS-RPC functionality in smbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.25rc3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters involving the SamrChangePassword function, when the "username map script" smb.conf option is enabled.

This update adds Solaris support.
Solaris, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
RabidHamster R4 Log Entry sprintf Buffer Overflow Exploit A stack overflow found in RabidHamster R4's web server by supplying a malformed HTTP request when generating a log. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Telnet Server ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket DoS (MS15-002) A stack-based buffer overflow in the ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket function in the Microsoft Telnet Server Helper (tlntsess.exe) can be used by remote unauthenticated attackers to render the Telnet server unresponsive.


Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
PureFTPd Bash Variables Injection Exploit (CVE-2014-6271) This update includes a module exploiting a vulnerability found in Bash. When using PureFTPd in conjuntion with the vulnerable Bash version for user authentication, a Core Impact agent is installed. Solaris, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Symantec Intel Alert Originator Service Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Intel Alert Originator service by sending a specially crafted packet to the 38292/TCP port. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
IBM Lotus Domino NSFComputeEvaluateExt Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in IBM Lotus Domino by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the Web Administration Interface. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP OpenView NNM nnmRptConfig CGI Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the nnmRptConfig.exe CGI application, a component of HP OpenView Network Node Manager, by sending a specially crafted packet. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Quick n Easy FTP Server Login DoS This module shuts down the Quick 'n Easy FTP Server because it fails to properly handle user-supplied malformed packets when login. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Solar FTP Server DoS Solar FTP Server is prone to a Denial of Service condition. It fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input with a specially crafted "USER" command, a remote attacker can potentially disable the FTP service. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Citrix Provisioning Services streamprocess Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit 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.



Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Quick TFTP Server Pro Mode Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Quick TFTP Server Pro when processing a very large mode field in a read or write request.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Zend Server Java Bridge Design Flaw Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Java Bridge component of Zend Server. Windows, Linux, Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Blackmoon FTP Server PORT DoS This module shuts down the Blackmoon FTP Server because it fails to properly handle user-supplied malformed packets. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Apache Range Header DoS Update A denial of service vulnerability has been found in the way the multiple

overlapping ranges are handled by the Apache HTTPD server.



This update fixes an issue when launching the module from an agent running

in a Linux system.
Solaris, AIX, Linux, Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Novell File Reporter NFRAgent PATH Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability exists within NFRAgent.exe listening on TCP port 3037. When parsing tags inside the PATH element, the process performs insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data prior to copying it on the stack. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP OpenView Performance Agent coda.exe Opcode 0x8C Buffer Overflow Exploit A buffer overflow exists in coda.exe process which listens on a random TCP port by default. The process trusts a value within a GET request as a size then proceeds to copy that many bytes of user-supplied data into a fixed-length buffer on the stack. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
freeSSHd SSH Server Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution Exploit Update This update modifies the application version displayed in Quick Information Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
OpenSSL DTLS ChangeCipherSpec DoS ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a DTLS ChangeCipherSpec packet that occurs before ClientHello. Linux, FreeBSD Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
ASN.1 Bit String SPNEGO exploit Update Multiple integer overflows in Microsoft ASN.1 library (MSASN1.DLL), as used in LSASS.EXE, CRYPT32.DLL, and other Microsoft executables and libraries on Windows NT 4.0, 2000, and XP, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via ASN.1 encodings that cause arbitrary heap data to be overwritten.

This update modifies the runtime value for this exploit.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Serva TFTPD Service Large Read Requests Parsing DoS The Serva32 TFTPD service is vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability when parsing large read requests. When the application reads in a large buffer the application crashes. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Firebird SQL CNCT Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a remote buffer overflow in Firebird SQL by sending a malformed packet to the 3050/TCP port. Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP Intelligent Management Center mibFileUpload Servlet Remote Exploit This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in HP Intelligent Management Center by using the "mibFileUpload" servlet to upload an arbitrary .JSP file. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
SmartPTT Arbitrary File Upload SmartPTT Arbitrary File Upload Exploits / Remote SCADAPRO