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
Supported services list update This package updates the list of network service TCP and UDP ports known to the Impact exploits framework. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sunway Webserver Remote Command Execution This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in the Sunway WebServer that may leads to the command execution. Successfull exploitation allowing the creation of the user 'hacker' with password '12345'. Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA
Sunway ForceControl SCADA YRWXls ActiveX Exploit A code execution vulnerability exists in the Login method of Sunway ForceControl YRWXls.ocx Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Sunway Force Control SCADA SMNP NetDBServer Buffer Overflow Exploit Update A stack based buffer overflow in the SNMP NetDBServer service of Sunway Forcecontrol is triggered when sending an overly long string to the listening service on port 2001.

This version updates runtime value to the appropriate for this case.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sunway Force Control SCADA SMNP NetDBServer Buffer Overflow Exploit A stack based buffer overflow in the SNMP NetDBServer service of Sunway Forcecontrol is triggered when sending an overly long string to the listening service on port 2001. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sunway Force Control SCADA httpsvr Exploit A buffer-overflow vulnerability affects the httpsvr.exe webserver included in the device. This issue occurs when handling an excessively large URI. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sunway AngelServer Denial of Service Denial of service ForceControl DoS Exploit Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
Sun xVM VirtualBox Exploit This module exploits a local privilege escalation vulnerability in certain packages shipped with Sun xVM VirtualBox for the Linux platform. Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Sun ONE Web Server-NSS challenge overflow exploit update A heap overflow in Netscape Network Security Services (NSS) library used by the Sun ONE Web Server is exploited remotely gaining control of the execution flow on the target host.



This package updates the exploit.
Solaris Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sun Java Web Start JNLP Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the javaws.exe program and deploys an agent when successful. The exploit triggers a vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote machine. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sun Java Web Start Arbitrary Command Line Injection Exploit Update Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in Java Deployment Toolkit allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the -J argument to javaws.exe, which is processed by the launch method.



This update adds support for Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Sun Java Web Start Arbitrary Command Line Injection Exploit This module exploits a command injection vulnerability within the launch() function in the Java Deployment Toolkit. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Sun Java Web SOCKS Proxy Authentication Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the SOCKS proxy included in the Sun Java Web Proxy Server. The exploit sends specially crafted packets during the SOCKS connection negotiation and installs an agent if successful.

Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sun Java Web Console format string exploit This module exploits a format string vulnerability in the Sun Java Web Console and installs an agent.

Solaris Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sun Java System Web Server Webdav Stack Overflow This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Sun Web Server Webdav service when parsing OPTION requests.



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
Sun Java System Web Server Digest DoS Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Sun Java System Web Server, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. These issues are caused by buffer overflow errors when processing malformed "TRACE" or "OPTIONS" requests, or overly long "Authorization: Digest" headers, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected server or execute arbitrary code. This exploit forces the server process to throw an unhandled exception and be restarted.


Solaris, Windows, Linux, AIX Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Sun Java Runtime Environment Trusted Methods Chaining Exploit The specific flaw exists within the code responsible for ensuring proper privileged execution of methods. If an untrusted method in an applet attempts to call a method that requires privileges, Java will walk the call stack and for each entry verify that the method called is defined within a class that has that privilege. However, this does not take into account an untrusted object that has extended the trusted class without overwriting the target method.


Windows, Linux, Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sun Java getSoundBank Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE when the HsbParser.getSoundBank function in jsound.dll handles a specially crafted .JAR file. Windows, Linux Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Sun Java AWT Library setDiffICM Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in the AWT library in Sun Java JRE when a specially crafted parameter is passed to the setDiffICM function. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
SumatraPDF Shading Pattern Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within the "pdf_loadtype4shade()", "pdf_loadtype5shade()", "pdf_loadtype6shade()", and "pdf_loadtype7shade()" functions. This can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
SugarCRM REST Unserialize PHP Exploit This module exploits an unauthenticated PHP Injection vulnerability abusing the unserialize() function. Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact Professional
SugarCRM Remote Code Execution Exploit Update This update adds support for Solaris and Mac OS X platforms Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
SugarCRM Remote Code Execution Exploit Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the Compose Email feature in the Emails module in Sugar Community Edition (aka SugarCRM) before 5.2f allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with only an extension in its name, then accessing the file via a direct request to a modified filename under cache/modules/Emails/, as demonstrated using .php as the entire original name. Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
SugarCRM CE unserialize PHP Code Execution Exploit The vulnerability is caused by scripts using "unserialize()" with user controlled input. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code via the "__destruct()" method of the "SugarTheme" class or passing an ad-hoc serialized object through the $_REQUEST['current_query_by_page'] input variable. Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Sudoedit Privilege Escalation Exploit Update This module exploits a missing verification of the path in the command "sudoedit", provided by the sudo package. This can be exploited to execute any command as root including a shell, allowing an unprivileged process to elevate its privileges to root.



This update adds OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard) as supported target.
Solaris, AIX, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X Exploits / Local Impact Professional