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
MSRPC SRVSVC NetrpPathCanonicalize (MS06-040) exploit This module exploits a remotely exploitable vulnerability in Windows' Server Service (MS06-040) over Microsoft DCERPC (ports 139 and 445). 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. CVE-2006-3439 Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Linux vixie-cron exploit do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf CVE-2006-2607 Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Windows Mailslot (MS06-035) DoS This module exploits a remote vulnerability that could allow an attacker to send a specially crafted SMB message to an affected system causing a denial of service (MS06-035).



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
 CVE-2006-3942 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Hlink Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Excel file via a hyperlink with more than 8000 bytes of length. CVE-2006-3086 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
IAX2 truncated header vulnerability DoS This module sends a series of UDP packets containing malformed IAX2 requests that will crash vulnerable listening IAX clients. If a broadcast IP address is specified, an entire subnetwork can be attacked in a single run. CVE-2006-2923 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Exchange CDO Calendar PreEnum exploit This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow handling the mail headers in the OWA (Outlook Web Access) service when processing meeting requests of Exchange Server clients (MS06-019). CVE-2006-0027 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Xorg Privilege Escalation Exploit X.Org server (xorg-server) 1.0.0 and later, X11R6.9.0, and X11R7.0 inadvertently treats the address of the geteuid function as if it is the return value of a call to geteuid, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and (1) execute arbitrary code via the -modulepath command line option or (2) overwrite arbitrary files via -logfile. CVE-2006-0745 Exploits / Local Impact Professional
RealVNC 4.1.1 Authentication Exploit This exploit simulates a RealVNC client and establishes a connection with a Real VNC server without using a password. After that, it opens a console, writes the exploit and executes it in ntsd.exe CVE-2006-2369 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Telephony Service exploit This module connects to Telephony Service and sends a message via lineSetAppPriorityW winapi32 producing a buffer overflow and installs an agent. CVE-2005-0058 Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
RealVNC 4.1.1 Authentication Exploit Proxy This exploit proxies TCP connections to a remote (or local) VNC server and monitors the list of supported authentication methods of the server. Connecting clients will receive a dummy list consisting of only one authentication method (no password). CVE-2006-2369 Windows Exploits / Tools Impact Professional
MSRPC MSDTC Allocation MS06-018 DoS Update This is a denial of service exploit for a vulnerability in the MSDTC component of windows systems (MS06-018). This update fixes the correct CVE number (CVE-2006-1184)

 CVE-2006-1184 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
MSRPC MSDTC Allocation MS06-018 DoS Update This is a denial of service exploit for a vulnerability in the MSDTC component of windows systems (MS06-018). This update fixes the correct CVE number (CVE-2006-1184) CVE-2006-1184 Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
DCERPC Authentication and Encryption support This update will add DCERPC encryption to some MSRPC exploits.

The result is that, when enabled, all the 'Stub data' for DCERPC requests will be encrypted, thus hiding the real content. 		CVE-2003-0352 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Ultr@VNC Server Error Logging DoS The logging function used by the Ultr@VNC server is affected by a limited buffer-overflow caused by two strcat calls which add a Windows error message to the output buffer causing the server to crash and stop responding to further connections. CVE-2006-1652 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
MSRPC MSDTC Allocation DoS (MS06-018) This is a denial of service exploit for a vulnerability in the MSDTC component of windows systems (MS06-018).



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.

 CVE-2006-1184 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Novell Messenger Server Exploit This module sends a http request at nmma.exe service producing a buffer overflow and installs an agent. CVE-2006-0992 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
New features for MSRPC exploits Added support for NT and LM hashes as authentication mechanism.

Added fragmentation support for /TCP and /SMB transports.

Added fragmentation for DCERPC over any transport.

This two different types of fragmentation can be combined or used independently. 		CVE-2005-2120 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
IE isComponentInstalled exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Internet Explorer via an IsComponentInstalled() method and installs an agent. CVE-2006-1016 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Windows ICC buffer overflow exploit update This module exploits a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Color Management Module via a jpeg image with crafted ICC profile format tags and installs an agent. This update adds support for browser URL redirection. CVE-2005-1219 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
IE createTextRange() exploit This module exploits a createTextRange call on a checkbox object in Internet Explorer 6, which results in a dereference of an invalid table pointer.

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
 CVE-2006-1359 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
QuickTime JPEG Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Apple QuickTime PictureViewer and installs an agent. CVE-2005-2340 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Windows ICC buffer overflow exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in the Microsoft Color Management Module via a jpeg image with crafted ICC profile format tags and installs an agent. CVE-2005-1219 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
CSRSS facename exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in WINSRV.DLL in the Client Server Runtime System (CSRSS) process.

Allows local users to gain privileges via a specially-designed application that provides console window information with a long FaceName value. 		CVE-2005-0551 Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
CA Message Queuing Buffer Overflow Exploit This is an exploit for CA's Unicenter Message Queuing buffer overflow vulnerability. CVE-2005-2668 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Media Player Non-IE Plugin Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Media Player on non Internet Explorer web browsers (MS06-006). CVE-2006-0005 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional