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
Fuji Electric V-Server Lite VPR File Parsing Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the processing of VPR files. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Windows Installer when MSI packages process symbolic links. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass access restrictions to add or remove files. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Viper RGB Driver Kernel Arbitrary Read Write Local Privilege Escalation Exploit The MsIo64.sys and MsIo32.sys drivers in Patriot Viper RGB allow local users (including low integrity processes) to read and write to arbitrary memory locations, and consequently gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges, by mapping \Device\PhysicalMemory into the calling process via ZwOpenSection and ZwMapViewOfSection. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Sudo Root With User ID Local Privilege Escalation Exploit (CVE-2019-14287) This module exploits a flaw in the way sudo implemented running commands with arbitrary user ID. If a sudoers entry is written to allow the attacker to run a command as any user except root, this flaw can be used by the attacker to bypass that restriction. Linux Exploits / Local Impact
Fuji Electric Alpha5 Smart Loader Exploit Fuji Electric Alpha5 Smart Loader is prone to a buffer overflow when handling a specially crafted csp file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Oracle Weblogic Server AsyncResponseService Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution An unauthenticated attacker can send a malicious SOAP request to the interface WLS AsyncResponseService to execute code on the vulnerable host.

The attacker must have network access to the Oracle Weblogic Server T3 interface.
Windows, Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / 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
Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise Arbitrary Write SGStDrvm Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise before 8.00.5, SafeGuard Easy before 7.00.3, and SafeGuard LAN Crypt before 3.95.2 are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation via multiple IOCTLs. This update fixes an error in the injection. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Microsoft Windows DCOM-RPC NTLM Reflection Elevation of Privilege Exploit Update This update improves the reliability by handling scenarios where the attack cannot be performed. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
F5 BIG-IP iControl REST Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit An athentication bypass present in iControl REST of F5 BIG-IP allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute OS commands as root. Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
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