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
VMware Workspace ONE Access LocalPasswordAuthAdapter Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Checker VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting local domain users.

A malicious actor with network access to the UI may be able to obtain administrative access without the need to authenticate.
Linux Information gathering / Vulnerability checkers Impact
Microsoft Windows Netlogon CVE-2020-1472 Vulnerability Checker An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when an attacker establishes a vulnerable Netlogon secure channel connection to a domain controller, using the Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC), aka 'Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'. This module tries to determine remotely, if the target host is either vulnerable to CVE-2020-1472 or not. Windows Information gathering / Vulnerability checkers Impact
Cisco IOS XE WMSA Encoding Bypass Vulnerability Checker An encoding bypass in the webui_wsma_https endpoint in Cisco IOS XE allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute commands and configure the system through SOAP requests via the Web Service Management Agent (WMSA). This can be abused to create unauthorized local administrator accounts (user with privilege level 15) and log in with normal user access. Information gathering / Vulnerability checkers Impact
Atlassian Questions for Confluence Hardcoded Credentials Vulnerability Checker Atlassian Questions for Confluence creates a Confluence user account with the username disabledsystemuser.

The disabledsystemuser account is created with a hardcoded password and is added to the confluence-users group, which allows viewing and editing all non-restricted pages within Confluence by default

A remote, unauthenticated attacker with knowledge of the hardcoded password could exploit this to log into Confluence and access any pages the confluence-users group has access to.
Linux, Windows Information gathering / Vulnerability checkers Impact
Atlassian Confluence setup-restore.action Improper Authorization Vulnerability Checker An improper authorization vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence allows unauthenticated remote attackers to restore the database of the instance. This allows the creation of unauthorized administrator accounts and the later installation of malicious plugins that allow the execution of OS system commands. Windows, Linux Information gathering / Vulnerability checkers Impact
IBM DB2 Web Query for IBM i Log4shell Vulnerability Checker JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters present in Apache Log4j2 do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. This library, used by IBM DB2 Web Query for IBM i, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute system commands. IBM i Information gathering / Vulnerability checkers Impact
phpMyAdmin index.php Local File Inclusion Vulnerability Exploit phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to local file inclusion, which can be exploited post-authentication to execute PHP code by the application. Windows, Linux Exploits / Local File Inclusion Impact
Ghostcat Local File Inclusion Exploit When using the Apache JServ Protocol (AJP), care must be taken when trusting incoming connections to Apache Tomcat. Tomcat treats AJP connections as having higher trust than, for example, a similar HTTP connection. If such connections are available to an attacker, they can be exploited in ways that may be surprising. In Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.30, 8.5.0 to 8.5.50 and 7.0.0 to 7.0.99, Tomcat shipped with an AJP Connector enabled by default that listened on all configured IP addresses. Windows Exploits / Local File Inclusion Impact
Open Source ERP Arbitrary SQL Query Execution Open Source ERP Arbitrary SQL Query Execution Exploits / SQL Injection SCADAPRO
Schneider Electric U.Motion Builder Arbitrary SQL Query Execution Schneider Electric U.Motion Builder 1.2.1 Arbitrary SQL Query Execution Exploits / SQL Injection SCADAPRO
MedDream_Server_PACS_SQLI MedDream PACS Server 7.1.1 suffers from Multiple SQL Injection vulnerability.
First unauthenticated injection available on the registration page in parameter 'email', types such as time-based blind and error-based,
but mysql user rights are very limited, attacker can only access the database - information_schema and read columns name in PACS database.
Second injection available for authenticated users on the search page - 'searchExport.php' in parameter 'uid', in this place attacker
Exploits / SQL Injection MEDICAL
Scada LTS 1.1 SQL Injection ScadaLTS 1.1 SQL Injection Exploits / SQL Injection SCADA
Cogent DataHub Blind SQL Injection Cogent DataHub Blind SQL Injection Windows Exploits / SQL Injection SCADA
Advantech WebAccess SQLInjection Exploit This module exploits SQLInjection vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess. Exploits / SQL Injection SCADA
Joomla com_fields SQL Injection Exploit This module exploits a SQL Injection vulnerability in Joomla which allows gathering of users and password hashes by parsing SQL output errors. Linux Exploits / SQL Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
advantech_webaccess_8_3_2_dashboard_bsqli Advantech Webaccess 8.3.2 Dashboard Time-based Blind SQL Injection Exploits / SQL Injection SCADA
MajorDoMo 1.2.0b Blind SQL Injection MajorDoMo 1.2.0b Blind SQL Injection Exploits / SQL Injection SCADAPRO
Carel PlantVisorPro SQLInjection Exploit This module exploits SQLInjection vulnerability in Carel PlantVisorPro 2.0. Exploits / SQL Injection SCADA
openERM_SQLi SQL Injection in add_edit_event_user.php is caused by unsanitized user input from the eid, userid, and pid parameters.
Exploiting this vulnerability requires authentication to Patient Portal
Tested on OpenEMR 5.0.1 (Path 3) - SQL Injection
Exploits / SQL Injection MEDICAL
CMS Made Simple moduleinterface.php Remote PHP File Upload Vulnerability Exploit CMS Made Simple allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code via file upload using admin/moduleinterface.php Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Health Monitor UploadServlet Remote JSP File Upload Vulnerability Exploit The TarArchive class blindly extracts tar archives without checking for directory traversals. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the system. Linux Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Atlassian Crowd pdkinstall Plugin Install Vulnerability Exploit The pdkinstall development plugin is incorrectly enabled in release builds of Atlassian Crowd and Crowd Data Center. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to install a malicious plugin and execute code in the system. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Open-AudIT m_devices.php Remote PHP File Upload Vulnerability Exploit The sub_resource_create function of class M_devices in m_devices.php of Open-AudIT 3.2.2 allows remote authenticated users to upload arbitrary PHP files, allowing the execution of arbitrary php code in the system. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
DotCMS ajax_file_upload Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Exploit This module exploits an arbitrary file upload in DotCMS to install an agent. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Nuxeo Platform CMS Directory Traversal Vulnerability JSP File Upload Exploit This module uses a directory traversal vulnerability in the file import feature in Nuxeo Platform CMS to upload a JSP to gain arbitrary code execution on the affected system. Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact