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
Microsoft Excel HFPicture Record Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-038) Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .XLS file with a malformed HFPicture (0x866) record. CVE-2010-1248 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Office Excel RTD Data Record Processing Stack Overwrite Exploit (MS11-021) Update The flaw exists within the methods used for RealTimeData Record Parsing. When handling a stTopic field has a bit set specifying double byte characters in the following field the value of a global pointer is improperly calculated.

This version add Windows 7 support. 		CVE-2011-0105 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Elipse SCADA ActiveReports Remote File Delete Exploit This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Phoenix Contact ThinkNDo ISSymbol ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses in an attempt to install an OS agent on the client. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
UCanCode TKDRAWCADLib ActiveX Control Remote File Replace Exploit 0-Day This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Newport Electronics iDRX ActiveX 1.3 Control Remote File Overwrite Vulnerability This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Advantech ActiveDAQ Pro AdvGraph.dll Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploit This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADAPRO
Microsoft Excel Lel Biff Record Memory Corruption (MS11-096) The vulnerability is due to an memory corruption when the vulnerable software handles a crafted Excel file with a corrupted LEL record.

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-2011-3403 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Novell ZENworks AdminStudio LaunchHelp ActiveX Arbitrary Code Execution Exploit This module allows remote attackers to place arbitrary files on a temporary folder in Novel ZENWorks AdminStudio, through a vulnerability in LaunchHelp.dll ActiveX Control (LaunchHelp.dll version 9.5.0.0). Code execution is achieved by uploading and executing a vbs script which then requests and executes Impact's binary agent. CVE-2011-2657 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Aladdin Knowledge System Ltd PrivAgent ChooseFilePath Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Aladdin Knowledge System Ltd PrivAgent.ocx ActiveX Control. The exploit is triggered when the ChooseFilePath() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. NOCVE-9999-55457 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows OLE Automation Array Remote Code Execution Exploit (MS14-064) Update An integer overflow in OLE allows remote code execution. This update contains a module exploiting the vulnerability by hosting a web site and epxloiting connecting Internet Explorer browsers. CVE-2014-6332 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
uTorrent plugin_dll DLL Hijacking Exploit uTorrent is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of plugin_dll.dll if this dll is located in the same folder as a .TORRENT file. CVE-2010-3129 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Winamp in_midi DLL MIDI Timestamp Buffer Overflow Exploit Winamp is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability that occurs because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data via a crafted .MID file. CVE-2010-4370 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Premiere CS4 iacenc DLL Hijacking Exploit Adobe Premiere CS4 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named iacenc.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .PPJ file. NOCVE-9999-45992 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
010 Editor wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit 010 Editor is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named wintab32.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .HEX file. NOCVE-9999-46107 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Advantage Data Architect wfapi DLL Hijacking Exploit Advantage Data Architect is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named wfapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .ADT file. NOCVE-9999-45973 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
CorelDRAW X3 crlrib DLL Hijacking Exploit CorelDRAW X3 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of crlrib.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .CSL file. NOCVE-9999-45847 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Photoshop CS4 dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit Adobe Photoshop CS4 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .PSD file. CVE-2010-3127 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS clip Attribute Exploit Update This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer when processing a special crafted html with CSS clip attribute.

This update adds support for Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7. 		CVE-2010-3962 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager Pesgo32c PEstrarg1 Heap Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling the PEstrarg1 property and can be exploited to cause a heap overflow by assigning an overly long string to this property. CVE-2014-3459 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Reader X XFA BMP RLE Heap Corruption Exploit This module exploits a heap based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader X when handling a specially crafted PDF file. CVE-2013-2729 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Promotic SCADA SaveCfg ActiveX Buffer Overflow Exploit PROMOTIC SCADA suffers from an ActiveX stack overflow. The exploit is triggered when the SaveCfg() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. NOCVE-9999-50038 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Cytel LogXact Cytel Studio Buffer Overflow Exploit Cytel LogXact are vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability during the copying of the strings in a stack buffer of 256 bytes. NOCVE-9999-49644 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Oracle AutoVue ActiveX Exploit Oracle AutoVue ActiveX control can be exploited to create or overwrite arbitrary files in the context of the currently logged-on user. NOCVE-9999-50094 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows GDI Plus WMF Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-052) update When the method WmfEnumState::DibCreatePatternBrush in the GDI Plus library processes a WMF file with a malformed CreatePatternBrush record, this produces a stack overflow.



This update adds support for Microsoft Windows XP SP0 Home/Professional and Microsoft Windows 2003 SP0 Standard/Enterprise Edition. 		CVE-2008-3014 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional