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
Point of View SCADA/HMI software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses in an attempt to install an OS agent on the client. Exploits / Client Side SCADAPRO
Pointdev IDEAL Administration IPJ Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Pointdev IDEAL Administration, when importing a project file, may allow a remote unprivileged user who provides a crafted IPJ document that is opened by a local user to execute code on the system with the privileges of the user running Pointdev IDEAL Administration. This can be exploited to cause a stack based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is imported. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Pointdev IDEAL Migration IPJ Buffer Overflow Exploit Pointdev IDEAL Migration is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because the applications fail to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data, when handling .IPJ files. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
PolicyKit pkexec Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid tool designed to allow unprivileged users to run commands as privileged users according predefined policies. The current version of pkexec doesn't handle the calling parameters count correctly and ends trying to execute environment variables as commands. An attacker can leverage this by crafting environment variables in such a way it'll induce pkexec to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2021-4034 Linux Exploits / Local Impact
PolicyKit pkexec Race Condition Exploit This module exploits a local race-condition vulnerability in PolicyKit, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. CVE-2011-1485 Linux Exploits/Local Impact
POODLE TLS1.x to SSLv3 Downgrading Vulnerability Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 10/11 by downgrading the encryption from TLS 1.x to SSLv3. After that, part of the encrypted text plain will be decrypted. CVE-2014-3566 Windows Exploits/Tools Impact
POP Peeper UIDL Buffer Overflow Exploit The POP Peeper client is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. This vulnerability is exploitable as a client side attack. A vulnerable POP Peeper user must connect to a server created by IMPACT Pro and attempt to retrieve mail in order for IMPACT Pro to exploit the vulnerable agent and deploy and agent on the users machine. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Positive Technologies Maxpatrol 8 and Xspider Remote Denial Of Service exploit Remote Denial Of Service in Maxpatrol 8 and Xspider Windows Denial of Service / Remote IOT
Postgres Plus Advanced Server DBA Management Server Remote Code Execution Exploit The DBA Management Server component of EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server does not restrict access to the underlying JBoss JMX Console. This can be abused by remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable server. Linux Exploits/Remote Code Execution Impact
PostgreSQL CVE-2019-9193 Remote Code Execution CVE-2019-9193 PostgreSQL Command Execution Linux, Windows Exploits / Remote Code Execution SCADA
Power Tab Editor PTB Buffer Overflow Exploit Power Tab Editor is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data when handling .PTB files. CVE-2010-2311 Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
POWERCOM UPSMON PRO for Windows Directory Traversal 0day This module exploits a Directory Traversal vulnerability in POWERCOM UPSMON PRO for Windows, Path traversal vulnerability that can be exploited to read files outside of the web root Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA
PowerFolder Server commons-collections Java Library Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit PowerFolder Server is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to take advantage of a deserialization vulnerability present in the commons-collections Java library. NOCVE-9999-80668 Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
PowerShell Update v1 This update resolves an issue in the PowerShell feature. Post Exploitation Impact
pPim Remote File Inclusion Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in pPIM's upload.php script that allows attackers to upload arbitrary scripts of any type to the target server. Exploits/Remote File Inclusion/Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Predator Software CNC Editor ActiveX Control Remote File Create Vulnerability This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Private Internet Access VPN Malicious OpenSSL Engine Privilege Escalation Exploit During startup the PIA Windows service(pia-service.exe) loads the OpenSSL library from C:\Program Files\Private Internet Access\libeay32.dll. This library attempts to load the C:\etc\ssl\openssl.cnf configuration file. By default on Windows systems, authenticated users can create directories under C:\. A low privileged user can create a openssl.cnf configuration file to load a malicious OpenSSL engine library resulting in the arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM when the service starts. CVE-2019-12572 Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Pro-face Pro-Server EX Remote DoS Remote Denial Of Service in Pro-face Pro-Server EX. Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
Pro-face Pro-Server PCRuntime Remote DoS Remote Denial Of Service in Pro-face Pro-Server EX. Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADAPRO
Procyon Core Server HMI Scada Coreservice Buffer Overflow Exploit Vulnerability in the coreservice.exe component of Procyon Core Server versions 1.13 and below. While processing a password, the application fails to do proper bounds checking before copying data into a buffer on the stack. This causes a buffer overflow and allows it to overwrite a structured exception handling record, allowing for unauthenticated remote code execution. CVE-2011-3322 Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Procyon Core Server HMI Scada Coreservice Buffer Overflow Exploit Update Vulnerability in the coreservice.exe component of Procyon Core Server versions 1.13 and below. While processing a password, the application fails to do proper bounds checking before copying data into a buffer on the stack. This causes a buffer overflow and allows it to overwrite a structured exception handling record, allowing for unauthenticated remote code execution. This version updates runtime value to the appropriate for this case. CVE-2011-3322 Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Procyon Scada DoS This module causes the Procyon Scada to stop. CVE-2011-3322 Windows, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
Proface GP Pro EX Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within BeginPreRead() processing. When handling malformed 0x7f77 type fields. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Professional Dental Information System Server Denial Of Service Vulnerability Remote Denial Of Service in Professional Dental Information System Server Windows Denial of Service / Remote MEDICAL
ProFTP Welcome Message Buffer Overflow Exploit This exploit takes advantage of a vulnerability that allows attackers to cause ProFTP to execute arbitrary code via a malformed welcome message of the server. CVE-2009-3976 Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact