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
Free MP3 CD Ripper Buffer Overflow SEH Exploit A Buffer Overflow exists when parsing .mp3/wma files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .mp3/wma files. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Wecon LeviStudioU Screenhelper BgOnOffBitAddr Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the handling of UMP files. When parsing the BgOnOffBitAddr element, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of Administrator Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Linux Kernel Netfilter Set Element Init TC HBO Local Privilege Escalation Exploit A type confusion bug in nft_set_elem_init (leading to a buffer overflow) could be used by a local attacker to escalate privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2022-32250. (The attacker can obtain root access, but must start with an unprivileged user namespace to obtain CAP_NET_ADMIN access.) This can be fixed in nft_setelem_parse_data in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c.

Linux Exploits / Local Impact
DVD X Player Standard Buffer Overflow Exploit A Buffer Overflow exists in DVD X Player Standard when parsing .plf files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .plf files. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Backup Service Arbitrary File Delete Exploit Update Windows Backup Service allows an unprivileged user to delete files.



This Update removes the Early Release Tag, change the default file to be deleted and make a backup of the file before deleting it.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact
OMRON CX-One CX-FLnet Cdmapi32 Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the processing of FLN files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Zoho ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Apache Santuario SAML XSLT Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit A vulnerability in the library Apache Santuario SAML SSO (Single Sign-On) method used by Zoho ManageEngine products allows to unauthenticated remote code attackers to execute system commands. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Code Execution Impact
Microsoft Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit The Common Log File System Driver (clfs.sys) present in Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to a memory corruption vulnerability. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by creating a specially crafted base log file. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Apache Struts 2 REST Plugin XStream Exploit This module exploits a Java deserialization bug in Apache Struts REST XStreamHandler which allows users to get Code Execution. Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
OrientDB Remote Command Execution Exploit This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in OrientDB by abusing SQL queries on OUser/ORole without the privileges which allows users to get Code Execution. Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
EFS Chat Server POST Buffer Overflow Exploit Username parameter in Registeration page 'register.ghp' is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability.

Application fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Linux Kernel SO_SNDBUFFORCE Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a signedness issue in the Linux Kernel. The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 mishandles negative values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allows local users to escalate privileges. Linux Exploits / Local Impact
Microsoft Office Malformed EPS Use-After-Free File Vulnerability Exploit Use After Free in Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted EPS file in an Office document, leading to improper memory allocation. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
3S-Smart Software Solutions GmbH CODESYS Web Server Upload Restricted File and Buffer Overflow Exploit A specially crafted web server request may allow the upload of arbitrary files to the CODESYS Web Server without authorization which may allow remote code execution.

A malicious user could overflow a buffer by providing overly long strings to functions that handle the XML. Because the function does not verify string size before copying to memory, the attacker may then be able to crash the application or run arbitrary code.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Windows File History Service FHSVC Elevation of Privilege Exploit Update A vulnerability exists in the file history service, which runs as system, and can be exploited to elevate from ordinary users to system privileges. This update adds the ability for the user to select the folder to write to. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Repetier Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in Repetier Server Software Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA
Wordpress Ultimate Member Plugin Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Exploit Update The vulnerability allows to an unauthenticated attacker to register as an administrator and take full control of the website. The problem occurs with the plugin registration form. In this form it's possible to change certain values for the account to be registered. This includes the "wp_capabilities" value, which determines the user's role on the website. This update adds a print in the module output window. Windows Exploits / Remote Code Execution Impact
phpMyAdmin Post Auth Remote Code Exploit phpMyAdmin is prone to a regexp abuse via an eval modifier which can be found in old PHP versions. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to run arbitrary php code on the affected server.

PHP versions 4.3.0-5.4.6 had a "feature" which allowed users to run a RegExp Pattern Modifier using PREG_REPLACE_EVAL and may lead to execute code.

phpMyAdmin had an issue in their code that can be exploited from a table replace call.
Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact Professional
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner GUI Html Script Injection Exploit Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 10.0 build 20160216 and previous versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the scanner GUI.

The flaw exists in the way Acunetix WVS render some html elements inside it's GUI, using jscript.dll without any concern about unsafe ActiveX object such as WScript.shell.

This module also abuses of a second vulnerability affecting the Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Scheduler to gain SYSTEM privileges.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit The Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) present in Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, which can result in out-of-bounds memory write to paged pool memory. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Advantech WebAccess Dashboard Viewer Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess. The specific flaw exists within the WebAccess Dashboard Viewer. Insufficient validation within the FileUpload script allows unauthenticated callers to upload arbitrary code to directories in the server where the code can be automatically executed under the high-privilege context of the IIS AppPool.



Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Shell File Association Vulnerability Exploit (MS14-027) Update When the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile" registry key is modified by this exploit and a Windows or third party service calls to the "ShellExecute" function, an invalid association file is produced, finalizing the attack with the execution of a crafted program instead of the original program.



This update fixes a regression introduced in version 2016_R1.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Mimikatz module Update Mimikatz module enhancement for non-ASCII characters. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Windows Search Indexer get_RootURL Race Condition Privilege Escalation Exploit A race condition exists in Windows Search Indexer, when the put_RootURL function wrote a user-controlled data in the memory of CSearchRoot+0x14.AT the same time, the get_RootURL function read the data located in the memory of CSearchRoot+0x14.



The vulnerability was caused by the access to a shared variable between two different methods of the same instance .
Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Uncontrolled Search Path Privilege Escalation Exploit A vulnerability in the installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to system level directories with system level privileges. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of directory paths. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. An exploit could allow the attacker to copy malicious files to arbitrary locations with system level privileges. Windows Exploits / Local Impact