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
Microsoft Windows LUAFV Delayed Virtualization MAXIMUM_ACCESS DesiredAccess Vulnerability Exploit An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to the LUAFV driver (luafv.sys). An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the local system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
MSRPC WKSSVC NetpManageIPCConnect Exploit Update 2 This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the Workstation Service. This package addresses a compatibility problem when porting the module from version 7.6 to 8.0 of the framework. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Dokany Google Drive File Stream Kernel Buffer Overflow Privileged Escalation Exploit Dokan redistributable are vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the dokan1.sys driver. An attacker can create a device handle to the system driver and send arbitrary input that will trigger the vulnerability.

Windows Exploits / Local Impact
HP OpenView NNM HTTP Request Stack Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Toolbar application, part of the HP OpenView Network Node Manager application. The exploit triggers a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the ports 3443/TCP or 80/TCP of the vulnerable system and installs an agent if successful.

Windows, Solaris Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Alt-N Security Gateway Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Alt-N Security Gateway by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the TCP port 4000.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Apache CouchDB Remote OS Command Injection Exploit Apache CouchDB contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability and a OS Command Injection vulnerability, which allows attackers to gain arbitrary code execution on the affected system. Linux Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
CMS Made Simple Module Import PHP Remote Command Injection Vulnerability Exploit CMS Made Simple allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code via command injection using the module import feature in admin/moduleinterface.php Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Acrobat Reader DC Double-Free Vulnerability Exploit Adobe Reader has a built-in sandbox feature that usually makes exploitation difficult. By combining vulnerabilities, this attack achieves code execution and then bypasses the sandbox protection to fully compromise the targeted system. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
10-Strike LANState Local Buffer Overflow Exploit A Buffer Overflow exists when parsing .lsm files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .lsm files. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup ListCtrl Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the ListCtrl ActiveX Control (ListCtrl.ocx) used CA BrighStor ARCserve Backup. The exploit is triggered when a long string argument is processed by the AddColumn() method resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Now SMS MMS Gateway Web Authorization Buffer Overflow Exploit update A vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing the web interface of Now SMS MMS Gateway.

This version add support for Windows 2003 and all systems with DEP enabled.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
ASUS Remote Console Buffer Overflow Exploit This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing ASUS Remote Console.

This exploit disables DEP in the supported systems.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Spectre Checker (CVE-2017-5153) Spectre breaks the isolation between different applications. It allows an attacker to trick error-free programs, which follow best practices, into leaking their secrets. In fact, the safety checks of said best practices actually increase the attack surface and may make applications more susceptible to Spectre Windows, Linux Exploits / Tools Impact
Windows .ANI file parsing Exploit Update An integer overflow in the LoadImage API of the USER32 Lib for Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .BMP, .CUR, .ICO or .ANI file with a large image size field.



You can force vulnerable clients to connect to the web server automatically by using this module to send them a specially designed e-mail to exploit this vulnerability by open it with Outlook or Outlook Express.


Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise upload_img_file Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Exploit This module exploits an arbitrary file upload in Trend Micro Mobile Security for Enterprise to install an agent. Windows Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
IKARUS anti.virus ntguard_x64 Local Privilege Escalation This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of IKARUS anti.virus. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the processing of crafted IOCTL 0x8300000c by the ntguard_x64.sys kernel driver. The issue lies in the failure to properly validate user-supplied data which can result in an out-of-bounds write condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to elevate privileges in context of kernel. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Eaton ELCSoft EPC File Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within processing of EPC 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 heap-based buffer. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Exploit fixes This update fixes several non related issues in the exploit component. Linux, Windows, Solaris, AIX Exploits / Remote Impact
CMS Made Simple editusertag.php Remote OS Command Injection Exploit CMS Made Simple (CMSMS) 2.1.6 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary PHP code via the code parameter to admin/editusertag.php, related to the CreateTagFunction and CallUserTag functions. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact
PHPMailer Remote Command Execution Exploit Update 2 PHPMailer is prone to a abuse the mailSend function. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to pass extra parameters to the mail command and consequently execute arbitrary code via a \" (backslash double quote) in a crafted Sender property.



This fixes a small try/catch exception error.
Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Surgemail Search Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Surgemail Server 3.x and deploys an agent when successful. The exploit triggers a buffer-overflow vulnerability due to insufficient bounds checking of user supplied input allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the remote machine. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
IncrediMail ActiveX Exploit Stack-based buffer overflow in the DoWebMenuAction function in the IncrediMail IMMenuShellExt ActiveX control (ImShExt.dll) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
McAfee Subscription Manager ActiveX Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the McAfee Subscription Manager (MCSUBMGR.DLL) ActiveX control. The exploit is triggered when the IsOldAppInstalled () method processes an overly long string argument allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This client-side exploit is dependent on a user visiting a malicious web-site hosted by CORE IMPACT to distribute the exploit and install an agent. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
DiskSavvy Enterprise GET Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the web interface of DiskSavvy Enterprise caused by improper bounds checking of the request path in HTTP GET requests sent to the built-in web server. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Adobe Reader and Acrobat PDF subroutine pointer exploit update This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 7.0.8 and earlier, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted PDF file that triggers memory corruption and overwrites a subroutine pointer during rendering. This update adds Windows Vista support. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional