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
TweakFS Zip Utility Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing archives containing an entry with an overly long name. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted .ZIP file. CVE-2010-1458 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Winamp MP4 Processing Integer Overflow Exploit An integer overflow error exists in the processing of MP4 files. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via e.g. an MP4 file containing a specially crafted "ctts" box. NOCVE-9999-43620 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
EMC RepliStor Server rep_serv Remote DoS EMC RepliStor Server is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in rep_srv.exe when processing network packets. 		CVE-2009-3744 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows helpctr Invalid URL Processing Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to an error in the MPC::HTML::UrlUnescapeW() function in helpctr.exe when escaping URLs.

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-2010-1885 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Exploit Improvements Update Package This update improves exploit functionality and exploit documentation. CVE-2010-0016 Windows Denial of Service / Client Side Impact Professional
Apple Safari Use-After-Free Rtl Exploit A use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit/Apple Safari (in versions prior to 4.0.5) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via HTML elements with right-to-left (RTL) text directionality.

 CVE-2010-0049 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Acrobat Reader authplay Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader when parsing .PDF files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in authplay.dll when handling crafted malicious Flash (.SWF) file or by embedding a malicious Flash application in a .PDF file.

WARNING: This is an early release module.
CVE-2010-1297 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Sound Data Exploit (MS09-017) Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 95 native file format. CVE-2009-1128 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management UploadServlet Remote Code Execution Exploit A remote code execution vulnerability in the UploadServlet component of Novell ZENworks Configuration Management allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-4229 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Archive Searcher Zip Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Archive Searcher Zip, when processing ZIP archives, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into searching in a specially crafted ZIP archive. NOCVE-9999-43282 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
ZipWrangler Buffer Overflow Exploit ZipWrangler contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in ZipWrangler when handling .ZIP files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .ZIP file. CVE-2010-1685 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Exception Handler DoS (MS10-021) This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows via a specially crafted call to the vulnerable function. CVE-2010-0810 Windows Denial of Service / Local Impact Professional
IBM Cognos Server Backdoor Account Remote Exploit This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in IBM Cognos Express by using an undocumented user account to upload an arbitrary .WAR file. CVE-2010-0557 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
IBM Informix librpc Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a remote buffer overflow in the RPC protocol parsing library (librpc.dll) included on IBM Informix Dynamic Server by sending a specially crafted authentication packet to the 36890/TCP port. CVE-2009-2753 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP OpenView NNM snmpviewer CGI Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the snmpviewer.exe CGI application, a component of HP OpenView Network Node Manager, by sending an HTTP request with an invalid value for the act and app parameters. CVE-2010-1552 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Free MP3 CD Ripper Buffer Overflow Exploit Free MP3 CD Ripper contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Free MP3 CD Ripper when handling .WAV files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .WAV file. NOCVE-9999-43373 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
HP OpenView NNM getnnmdata CGI Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in HP OpenView Network Node Manager by sending a specially crafted request to getnnmdata.exe. CVE-2010-1553 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP OpenView NNM getnnmdata ICount CGI Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the getnnmdata.exe CGI application, a component of HP OpenView Network Node Manager, by sending an HTTP request with an invalid value for the ICount parameter. CVE-2010-1554 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP OpenView NNM getnnmdata Hostname CGI Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the getnnmdata.exe CGI application, a component of HP OpenView Network Node Manager, by sending an HTTP request with an invalid value for the Hostname parameter. CVE-2010-1555 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
PhotoFiltre Studio Buffer Overflow Exploit PhotoFiltre Studio contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in PhotoFiltre when handling .TIF files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .TIF file. CVE-2007-2192 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
MicroWorld eScan Products Remote Command Execution Exploit Multiple MicroWorld eScan products are vulnerable to a remote command-execution vulnerability because they fail to properly sanitize user-supplied input. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges. Successful attacks will completely compromise affected computers. The issue affects the following products versions prior to 4.1.x: eScan for Linux Desktop, eScan for Linux File Servers, MailScan for Linux Mail servers, WebScan for Linux Proxy Servers. NOCVE-9999-42682 Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MSRPC SRVSVC NetrpPathCanonicalize Exploit (MS06-040) Update 3 This update improves reliability when it's launched against Windows XP SP1 platforms.



This module exploits a remotely exploitable vulnerability in Windows' Server Service (MS06-040) over Microsoft DCERPC (ports 139 and 445). 		CVE-2006-3439 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Linux Kernel UDEV Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update The 'udev' Linux application is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because it fails to properly handle netlink messages.



Local attackers may exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges, which may lead to a complete compromise of the system.



This update fixs a module's bug. 		CVE-2009-1186 Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Vermillion FTP Daemon Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2 The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error with the handling of PORT commands. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted command passed to the affected server.

This update fix the Connect to connection method for some virtual machines. 		NOCVE-9999-41966 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Vermillion FTP Daemon Buffer Overflow Exploit Update The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error with the handling of PORT commands. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted command passed to the affected server.

This update fix the Connect to connection method. 		NOCVE-9999-41966 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional