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
Opera Remote Command Injection Exploit This module exploits a XSS vulnerability in the opera:historysearch page in Opera which leads to remote command injection. Linux Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
DVD X Player Professional PLF File Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in DVD X Player Professional when handling .PLF files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted file of said extension. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
eSignal QUO File Buffer Overflow Exploit eSignal is prone to a buffer overflow when parsing malformed QUO files. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Honestech VHS to DVD ILJ File Handling Buffer Overflow Exploit Buffer overflow when handling malformed .ilj files. This vulnerability allow execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to open a crafted ".ilj" file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Foxit Reader dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit Foxit PDF Reader is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named dwmapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .PDF file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Symantec IM Manager Administrative Interface IMAdminSchedTask.asp Remote Code Execution Exploit This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Symantec IM Manager. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability in that a logged in user must be coerced into visiting a malicious link. The specific flaw exists within the ScheduleTask method exposed by the IMAdminSchedTask.asp page hosted on the web interface. This function does not properly sanitize user input from a POST variable before passing it to an eval call. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Flash Player FLV Nellymoser Decoding Heap Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player when parsing malformed FLV objects. Attackers exploiting the vulnerability can corrupt memory and gain remote code execution. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows WPAD BadTunnel Exploit (MS16-077) This module exploits a vulnerability in Windows Netbios cache by flooding crafted NBNS responses. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Exploit Improvements Update Package This update improves exploit functionality and exploit documentation. Windows Denial of Service / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows SMB Client Pool Corruption Vulnerability DoS (MS10-006) This module exploits a vulnerability in mrxsmb.sys when it responses to the client with a malformed SMB packet.



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.

Windows Denial of Service / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft JET MDB Exploit (MS08-028) This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Jet Database (msjet40.dll) trough a Microsoft Access 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. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Flash Player AVM2 Integer Underflow Exploit This module exploits an integer underflow vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. This vulnerability was exploited in 0day attacks in February 2014.



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.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
WibuKey Runtime for Windows ActiveX Exploit The vulnerability exists within the WkWin32.dll module when processing the DisplayMessageDialog() method. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Office Word Property Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS06-038) A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Office, and could be exploited when a malformed property included in an Office file was parsed by any of the affected Office applications. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Windows Movie Maker MSWMM Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-016) Update This module exploits a heap-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft Windows Movie Maker application by sending a specially crafted .MSWMM file.

This update adds support for Windows Movie Maker 2.6.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
MoreAmp MAF File Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits an improper bound checking in MoreAmp when importing a MAF (song list) file. This causes a stack based overflow and allows code execution on the targeted system with the privileges of the user which is running the application. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
UltraVNC Client Integer Overflow Exploit UltraVNC client is prone to integer-overflow vulnerabilities because they fail to properly validate data supplied by the VNC server.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Internet Explorer Event Handling Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a use-after-free error when handling events when the object firing the event is removed from the markup.

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.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
VLC Media Player MP4 Demuxer Buffer Overflow Exploit VLC media player is prone to multiple stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities.



When parsing a MP4, ASF or AVI file with an overly deep box structure, a stack overflow might occur. It would overwrite the return address and thus redirect the execution flow.



Attackers can exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application or crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.



VLC media player 1.0.1 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
HP LoadRunner XUpload ActiveX Control Bufer Overflow Exploit Boundary errors exists in HP LoadRunner in Persits.XUpload.2 ActiveX control (XUpload.ocx) when processing arguments passed to the "AddFile()" method. This can be exploited to cause stack-based buffer overflows by passing specially crafted, overly-long strings as argument to the affected method. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
mIRC Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the processing of PRIVMSG IRC messages. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into connecting to a malicious IRC server.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Office Word Memory Corruption Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word(.DOC files). The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in winword.exe within the processing of DOC files. This can be exploited to cause a memory corruption when a specially crafted file is opened.

Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Exploits Update 2 This update fixes errors and improves the reliability of the following exploits:

-Adobe PDF URI Handler Exploit

-QuickTime RTSP URL exploit

-QuickTime RTSP Content-Type exploit
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Excel Macro Validation Exploit (MS08-014) update This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2 and earlier when parsing a malformed xls file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
IncrediMail ActiveX Exploit Update Stack-based buffer overflow in the DoWebMenuAction function in the IncrediMail IMMenuShellExt ActiveX control (ImShExt.dll) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. This update improves the exploit reliability. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional