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
VLC Media Player TY File Stack Based Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability in VideoLan Media Player (VLC). Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TiVo TY media file with a header containing a crafted size value.



This update improves exploit reliability.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Free MP3 CD Ripper Buffer Overflow SEH Exploit 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
FutureSoft TFTP Server 2000 Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in FutureSoft TFTP Server, that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long malformed filename.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Apple CUPS HP-GL2 filter Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a specific flaw in the Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language

filter. Inadequate bounds checking on the pen width and pen color

opcodes result in an arbitrary memory overwrite allowing for the

execution of arbitrary code as the "hgltops" process uid.
Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft IGMPv3 DoS (MS08-001) This modules causes a Denial of Service in Microsoft Windows. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Debian OpenSSL Predictable Random Number Generation Exploit This module exploits the random number generator in Debian's OpenSSL package being predictable. This vulnerability is used to generate SSH keys and to install an agent into the target host. Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Wecon LeviStudioU Screenhelper BgOnOffBitAddr Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the handling of UMP files. When parsing the BgOnOffBitAddr element, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of Administrator Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Adobe Flash Player SWF Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player triggered when processing a specially crafted SWF file.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
FaceBook PhotoUploader ExtractIptc Exploit This module exploits a client-side command execution vulnerability in the ActiveX control of the FaceBook Image Uploader. The module will run a malicious website in the CORE IMPACT console and wait for a user to connect and trigger the exploit. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
DVD X Player Standard Buffer Overflow Exploit A Buffer Overflow exists in DVD X Player Standard when parsing .plf files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .plf files. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
OMRON CX-One CX-FLnet Cdmapi32 Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the processing of FLN files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Microsoft Jet Database Engine Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database (msjet40.dll) trough a Microsoft Word Document. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error in msjet40.dll within the processing of mdb files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted file is opened.

Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
CVS pserver Directory Command Double free() Exploit Update By sending a malformed 'Directory' request it is possible to create a condition where free() is called on memory that is still in use. This can result in an exploitable condition when free() is called on the memory chunk a second time.



The agent installed by this exploit runs with administrative privileges.



This update improve the exploit reliability.
Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
SynCE Command Injection exploit This module exploits a command injection error in the function runScripts in vdccm (SynCE daemon), reached through an information message remote request. FreeBSD, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
VideoLAN VLC Buffer Overflow Subtitle Exploit Update 2 VLC is able to handle the subtitles automatically in a very simple way,it just checks the presence of ssa files with the same name of the loaded video and a possible subtitles folder.The functions which handle the MicroDvd, SSA and Vplayer subtitle formats are vulnerable to some stack based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities which can allow an attacker to execute malicious code. This update adds support for Opera and Mozilla Firefox. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
RAT Gh0st Controller Server Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in the Gh0st Controller Server when handling a drive list. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
CoolPlayer m3u playlist Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in CoolPlayer within the processing of M3U files. CoolPlayer fails to check the length of the string in M3U playlist archives, allowing an attacker to cause a stack overflow in order to execute arbitrary code.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Winamp Ultravox Streaming Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Winamp Player when parsing the Ultravox Streaming metadata. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Hewlett Packard Enterprise IMC PLAT dbman Command Injection Exploit HP Intelligent Management Center is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to execute commands under the context of system. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Apple QuickTime Java toQTPointer code execution exploit update This package updates the Apple QuickTime Java toQTPointer code execution exploit module. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
UCanCode E-XD Visualization Enterprise Suite UCCDRAW AddStringUserProperty Untrusted Pointer Dereference Exploit The specific flaw exists within processing of the AddStringUserProperty method within the UCCDRAW.UCCDrawCtrl.1 ActiveX control. The process does not properly validate a user-supplied value prior to dereferencing it as a pointer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Microsoft Agent MS07-051 Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to a boundary error in the Microsoft Agent ActiveX control (agentdpv.dll) when handling specially crafted URLs passed as argument to a certain unspecified method. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Windows Macrovision (SECDRV.SYS) Memory Corruption Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability in Windows XP and Windows 2003 when the 0xCA002813 function is invoked with a specially crafted parameter. The IOCTL 0xCA002813 handler in the SECDRV.SYS device driver in Macrovision products, installed by default in Windows XP and Windows 2003, allows local users to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via malformed Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) parameters.



This update corrects the CVE number and adds Windows 2003 as Supported System.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
RealPlayer SMIL wallclock Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability caused due to a boundary error in the wallclock functionality in SmilTimeValue::parseWallClockValue() when handling time formats. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
IIS WebDav ScStoragePathFromUrl Remote Code Execution Exploit Update A buffer overflow in the ScStoragePathFromUrl function in the WebDAV service in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long header beginning with "If:


This update adds support for "Connect to" agent connection method and more supported platforms.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact