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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. Witten by our own internal team, 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 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
Microsoft Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploit (CVE-2018-8495) Microsoft Windows Shell does not properly sanitize special characters in a URI, allowing the opening a dangerous files.

An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Apache Tika Server OS Command Injection Exploit An OS Command Injection Vulnerability was found in Apache Tika Server 1.11= Version =1.17. The vulnerability is due to an error in the vulnerable application when handling a maliciously crafted request. Windows Exploits / Remote Code Execution Impact
Foxit Reader UAF Remote Execution Exploit A Buffer Overflow exists when parsing .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .PDF files. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Free MP3 CD Ripper Buffer Overflow SEH Exploit Update 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
Microsoft Windows Win32k UaF xxxDestroyWindow Local Privilege Escalation Exploit An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in kernel mode. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.



To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability and take control of an affected system.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Microsoft Windows DHCP Server Heap Overflow Vulnerability DoS Update A Heap Overflow vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a DHCP server. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the DHCP server.

This version improves the detection of the effectiveness in non-vulnerable targets.
Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact
MS17-010 exploit updates This update adds support for new platforms to the MS17-010 exploitation such as Windows 7 Embedded Standard edition, and also 32 bits targets. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
WinRAR ACE filename Absolute Path Extraction Vulnerability Exploit Path traversal vulnerability in WinRAR when crafting the filename field of the ACE format (in UNACEV2.dll). When the filename field is manipulated with specific patterns, the destination (extraction) folder is ignored, thus treating the filename as an absolute path. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
STOPzilla AntiMalware Arbitrary Write szkg64 Local Privilege Escalation Exploit The user can write 0 where he wants. This can be used to write SecurityDescriptor and write system processes. Therefore we can elevate privileges. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Linux Kernel eBPF Local Privilege Escalation Exploit An arbitrary memory r/w access issue was found in the Linux kernel compiled with the eBPF bpf(2) system call (CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) support. The issue could occur due to calculation errors in the eBPF verifier module, triggered by user supplied malicious BPF program. An unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on a system. Setting parameter "kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=1" prevents such privilege escalation by restricting access to bpf(2) call.

Linux Exploits / Local Impact
Microsoft Windows DHCP Server Heap Overflow Vulnerability DoS A Heap Overflow vulnerability exists in the Windows Server DHCP service when an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a DHCP server. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code on the DHCP server. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Administrator UAC Elevation Bypass Update v1 This update improves the module to bypass UAC by adding support for Windows 10. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Drupal RESTful Web Services Module Remote PHP Command Injection Exploit RESTful Web Services Module does not properly sanitize data from non-form sources. A vulnerability in this approach allows an unauthenticated attacker to send specially crafted requests resulting in arbitrary PHP execution. Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Cisco Webex Meetings webexservice Update Service ptUpdate Downgrade Local Privilege Escalation Exploit A vulnerability in the update service of Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop App for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker, to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM user privileges. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
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
Linux snapd dirty_sock Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability in snapd which incorrectly validates and parses the remote socket address when performing access controls on its UNIX socket.

A local attacker could use this to access privileged socket APIs and obtain administrator privileges.



This update adds support for more platforms.
Linux Exploits / Local Impact
Linux snapd dirty_sock Local Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in snapd which incorrectly validates and parses the remote socket address when performing access controls on its UNIX socket.

A local attacker could use this to access privileged socket APIs and obtain administrator privileges.
Linux Exploits / Local Impact
Microsoft Windows DCOM-RPC NTLM Reflection Elevation of Privilege Exploit This update adds an exploit which implements the Rotten Potato technique to perform a Local Privilege Escalation.



It leverages on local DCOM DCE/RPC connections that can be reflected back to a listening TCP socket allowing access to an NTLM authentication challenge for LocalSystem user which can be replayed to the local DCOM activation service. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass security and gain elevated privileges on a targeted system.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact
OracleDB TNS Listener Remote Poisoning Vulnerability Detector Oracle Database Server is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to poison the data handled by the remote 'TNS Listener' component of the application.

This module tries to verify if the vulnerability is present in the 'TNS Listener' component of the database server, without deploying an agent.
Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact
Advantech WebAccess SCADA BwPAlarm Buffer Overflow Exploit Advantech WebAccess SCADA lack of proper validation of user supplied input may allow an attacker to cause the overflow of a buffer overflow and executes remote code. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Horner Automation Cscape CSP File Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the parsing of CSP files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a buffer. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
AV Evasion Improvements_V9 Single stage agent wrappers were modified to be more stealth Exploits / Remote Impact
TFM MMPlayer Buffer Overflow Exploit A Buffer Overflow exists when parsing .M3U files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .M3U files. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Omron CX-One CXP File Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the parsing of CXP files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a buffer. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact