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
MediaWiki Thumb.php Remote Command Execution Exploit MediaWiki with DjVU or PDF file upload allows a remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by exploting a bug in the with parameter in thumb.php while previewing the uploaded file. Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
IIS FTP NLST Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in the FTP server in Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) via a crafted NLST command that uses wildcards.



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 Professional
HP OpenView NNM nnmRptConfig schd_select1 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
IBM Lotus Domino nLDAP Remote DoS IBM Lotus Domino is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management TFTPD Remote DoS The flaw exists within the novell-tftp.exe component which listens by

default on UDP port 69. When handling a request the process blindly

copies user supplied data into a fixed-length buffer on the heap.
Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
IBM solidDB Packet Processing DoS IBM solidDB does not properly perform a recursive call to a certain function upon receiving packet data containing a single integer field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a TCP session. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
SIELCO SISTEMI Winlog Malformed Packet Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit Stack-based buffer overflow in Sielco Sistemi Winlog when Run TCP/IP server is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 0x02 opcode to TCP port 46823. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Golden FTP Server PASS Buffer Overflow Exploit This vulnerability on installations of Golden FTP Server is due to a boundary error with the handling of passwords. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via the use of overly long, specially-crafted passwords passed to the affected server.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Impersonation Exploit (MS10-061) Update 2 This update adds support to Microsoft Windows 2003, Vista, 2008 and Seven.



This module exploits a vulnerability in the "Print Spooler" service.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
7T Interactive Graphical SCADA System IGSSdataServer Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a remote stack-based buffer overflow in IGSSdataServer by sending a malformed packet to the 12401/TCP port. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP OpenView NNM ovas Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ovas service, part of the HP OpenView Network Node Manager application. The exploit triggers a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted POST request with a malformed Destination Node variable to the vulnerable system and installs an agent if successful.



Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
SlimFTPd LIST Command Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit SlimFTPd server is prone to a stack buffer overflow when sending a LIST command with an overly-long argument. The attacker needs to be authenticated, so a successful login is required for the exploit to work. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Novell File Reporter NFRAgent VOL Tag Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability exists within NFRAgent.exe listening on TCP port 3037. When parsing tags inside the VOL element, the process performs insufficient bounds checking on user-supplied data prior to copying it on the stack. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
PHP Charts Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in PHP Charts 1.0. The url.php script eval()s every single GET key/value pair. Leading to code execution. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
PCMan FTP Server USER Command Buffer Overflow Exploit PCMan's FTP Server is prone to a buffer-overflow when handling an overly long USER command.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP System Management Homepage ginkgosnmp.inc Command Injection Exploit The ginkgosnmp.inc PHP script in HP System Management Homepage is vulnerable to OS command injection.

This vulnerability allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected machine with SYSTEM privileges.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Samba LsarSetInformationPolicy Request Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This update adds support to Debian 6.0.0 and adds support for attacking IPv6 targets.



This module exploits a heap overflow bug in Samba Server by sending a crafted request packet via DCERPC call.
Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Apple Mac OS X DirectoryService AllocFromProxyStruct Buffer Underflow DoS This module exploits a vulnerability in the Mac OS X DirectoryService by sending a specially crafted packet to the 625/TCP port. Mac OS X Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
SAP Netweaver Message Server _MsJ2EE_AddStatistics Memory Corruption Exploit The Message Server component of SAP Netweaver is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability when the _MsJ2EE_AddStatistics function handles a specially crafted request with iflag value 0x0c MS_J2EE_SEND_TO_CLUSTERID, or 0x0d MS_J2EE_SEND_BROADCAST.

This vulnerability can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable server.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows DNS Server SIGRed Remote Code Execution Exploit A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Domain Name System servers when they fail to properly handle requests. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the Local System Account. Windows servers that are configured as DNS servers are at risk from this vulnerability. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
EMC AlphaStor Device Manager Command Injection Exploit The Device Manager service (rrobotd.exe) in EMC AlphaStor is prone to an OS command injection vulnerability when processing DCP commands. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this in order to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on the vulnerable machine. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Exploit Description Update This update modifies the description in the file header. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Elastix PBX Remote PHP Injection Exploit This module exploits a remote PHP code injection vulnerability in Elastix PBX by uploading a renamed PHP file and leveraging a local file inclusion vulnerability to execute the PHP file. It also exploits a bad configuration in the /etc/sudoers file to elevate privileges from 'asterisk' user to 'root'. Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Brainchild Electronic Panel Studio Generated Projects Network Denial of Service Denial of service vulnerability present in the Brainchild Electronic Panel Studio. Vulnerability is very simple to trigger by sending special crafted request Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADAPRO
OpenSSL TLS Heartbeat Read Overrun Memory Disclosure Exploit A missing boundary check in the TLS Heartbeat extension in OpenSSL can be abused by remote attackers to read up to 64 kb of memory from the server.



This memory disclosure vulnerability can be used by remote unauthenticated attackers to obtain sensitive information from the affected server, including private keys and session cookies.


Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional