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.
Stay Informed of New Core Certified Exploits
Subscribe to receive regular email updates on new exploits available for Core Impact
Browse the Core Certified Exploit Library
We provide pen testers with real-time updates for a wide range of exploits for different platforms, operating systems, and applications.
Search our continuously growing library to discover an exploit that will allow you to gain and retain access on the target host or application.
Title
Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
IIS .DLL URL DoS
This module restarts the IIS server. This exploit forces the IIS process inetinfo.exe to throw an unhandled exception.
This module exploits a remote command execution vulnerability in the Zope web application server used by Plone, by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected web site. The vulnerability exists because it is possible to remotely invoke the popen2 function from the Python os package with arbitrary arguments in the context of the affected server. This can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable machine.
Microsoft Windows TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability DoS (MS11-087) Update
This update adds support to Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 2008 and Microsoft Windows 7. When a crafted TTF file is processed by Windows kernel it produces a stack exhaustion finishing it in a BSoD.
Apple QuickTime text3GTrack attribute TeXML Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit
Buffer Overflow when handling an attribute of "text3GTrack" elements can be exploited when Quick Player handles a specially crafted TeXML file. 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.
Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail IMAPd Service UID Buffer Overflow Exploit
Eudora Qualcomm WorldMail IMAPd Service is prone to a buffer overflow SEH gets overwritten when using UID command.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Landesk Gateway Web Interface Command Injection Exploit
The LANDesk web application does not sufficiently verify if a well-formed request was created by the user whose browser submitted the request. Using this flaw an external remote attacker can use a Cross-site Request Forgery attack via a user with a LANDesk session to run arbitrary code using the gsbadmin user (that is the user running the web-server), the gsbadmin user has sudo privileges.
Altova MapForce 2011 Enterprise Edition 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 .MFD file.
Adobe LiveCycle Designer is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named objectassisten_US.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .TDS file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
UltraISO daemon DLL Hijacking Exploit
UltraISO is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of daemon.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .ISZ file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Office Word RTF Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-087)
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word by sending a specially crafted .RTF file with a malformed pFragments 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.
This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Reader when parsing a .PDF file with a malformed flash file embedded. 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.
Easy File Management Web Server UserID Cookie Handling Buffer Overflow Exploit
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing the "UserID" value in the session cookie, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
The KingSCADA application has a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability where the application overwrites the structured exception handler (SEH). An attacker could send a specially crafted packet to KingSCADA, and the application would handle the packet incorrectly, causing a stack-based buffer overflow.
Local attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue will facilitate in the complete compromise of affected computers.
MSRPC Server Service Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-067) Update 3
This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Server service by sending a specially crafted RPC request. This update adds support for Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition sp2 with DEP enabled. This update also adds support for XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 as well as improves the reliability of the exploit against all supported platforms.
A code execution vulnerability exists in the Login method of Sunway ForceControl YRWXls.ocx
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
PDFill PDF Editor mfc70enu DLL Hijacking Exploit
PDFill PDF Editor is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named MFC70ENU.DLL, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .PDF file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
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
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
Microsoft Windows Win32k Privilege Escalation Exploit(MS15-010)
win32k.sys in the kernel-mode drivers in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted application, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."
The fdctrl_handle_drive_specification_command() function in the code that emulates the Floppy Disk Controller in QEMU does not properly reset the index within a buffer when processing user-controlled data, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow in the QEMU process that runs on the Host system. An attacker running code within a Guest operating system can exploit this vulnerability in order to escape from the QEMU virtual machine and execute arbitrary code on the Host operating system. This update adds support for exploiting 64-bit guest systems.
IBM Lotus Domino BMP parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit
IBM Domino is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when parsing BMP images. By sending a specially-crafted bitmap image, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or make the application crash.