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 Windows DNS Server NAPTR Record DoS (MS11-058) This module triggers a remote denial of service condition in Microsoft Windows DNS server. CVE-2011-1966 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Oracle Java OutOfMemoryError Binary Planting Exploit This module exploits a binary planting vulnerability in Oracle Java JRE. The vulnerability is caused due to the application loading an executable file in an insecure manner when an out of memory condition occurs. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary programs by tricking a user into e.g. opening a HTML file, which loads an applet located on a remote WebDAV or SMB share. NOCVE-9999-49284 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Word ehTrace COM Server-based Binary Planting Exploit(MS11-073) Microsoft Word have several safely registered COM servers whose DLLs make unsafe library loading calls.

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-2011-1980 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Sunway Force Control SCADA httpsvr Exploit A buffer-overflow vulnerability affects the httpsvr.exe webserver included in the device. This issue occurs when handling an excessively large URI. CVE-2011-2960 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Effective File Search ztvunrar36 DLL Hijacking Exploit Effective File Search is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named ztvunrar36.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .EFS file. NOCVE-9999-49253 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Agent modules realibility fix This update improves the reliability of the Microsoft Package and Register, Send Agent by Email, Install agent using SMB, Instal agent using USB and Install agent using SSH modules. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Internet Explorer File Integrity Level Protected Mode Bypass Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS11-057) The Protected Mode of Microsoft Internet Explorer can be bypassed by exploiting a logical flaw when checking the Integrity Level of a file.

This module allows an agent running in the context of iexplore.exe with Low Integrity Level to install a new agent that will run with Medium Integrity Level.

 CVE-2011-1347 Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Moodle Tex Filter Remote Code Execution Exploit Update This module exploits a Moodle Tex Filter Remote Code Execution vulnerability installing an agent.

This update adds support for the Solaris platform.

 NOCVE-9999-35969 Windows, Solaris, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft WINS Input Validation Exploit (MS11-070) This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft WINS service sending crafted UDP packets to the WINS-RPC local port. CVE-2011-1984 Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
RealNetworks RealPlayer QCP Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit Update The specific flaw exists within qcpfformat.dll, which is responsible for parsing QCP media files. The process creates a static 256 byte allocation on the heap and trusts a user-supplied counter from the file within a memory copy loop.

This version adds support for Internet Explorer 8 with java enabled. 		CVE-2011-2950 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. NOCVE-9999-49251 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
ACDSee FotoSlate dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit ACDSee FotoSlate 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 .PLP file. NOCVE-9999-49254 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Help and Manual ijl15 DLL Hijacking Exploit Help and Manual is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named ijl15.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .HMXP file. NOCVE-9999-49255 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Sorax PDF Reader dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit Sorax 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. NOCVE-9999-49231 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Impersonation Exploit Reliability Enhancement This updates improves the reliability and AV Evasion capabilities of the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Impersonation Exploit, Package and Register, Send Agent by Email, Install agent using SMB and Install agent using SSH modules when run against Windows targets. CVE-2010-2729 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
OpenEMR pc_category Cross Site Scripting Exploit OpenEMR fails to sanitize the pc_category parameter in interface/main/calendar/index.php leading to a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. NOCVE-9999-49218 Exploits / Known Vulnerabilities Impact Professional
EMC AutoStart Domain Name Logging Buffer Overflow Exploit A remote user can send specially crafted data via TCP to trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system. CVE-2011-2735 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
ActFax Server FTP User Buffer Overflow Exploit This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of software utilizing ActFax Server.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing an overly long USER name on the FTP Server. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to the affected command. 		NOCVE-9999-49018 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
RealNetworks RealPlayer QCP Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within qcpfformat.dll, which is responsible for parsing QCP media files. The process creates a static 256 byte allocation on the heap and trusts a user-supplied counter from the file within a memory copy loop. CVE-2011-2950 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Cisco NX-OS CDP Remote Exploit A vulnerability has been reported as Cisco Bug ID CSCtf08873 which states that a CDP packet with a long Device ID crashes CDPD on N7k. Our research indicated that the vulnerability corrupts the state of the heap, leading to an exploitable scenario, which allows to gain administrator privileges.



This module exploits such vulnerability in order to install an agent.


 NOCVE-9999-48401 Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Apache Range Header DoS A denial of service vulnerability has been found in the way the multiple

overlapping ranges are handled by the Apache HTTPD server.

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-2011-3192 Solaris, AIX, Linux, Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
ISC BIND RRSIG Query DoS RRSIG Queries can trigger a server crash in ISC BIND servers when Response Policy Zones is in use.

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-2011-1907 Solaris, AIX, Linux Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Linux Kernel set_fs Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a local vulnerability in the set_fs function in the Linux kernel prior to 2.6.37. CVE-2010-4258 Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
MSRPC Server Service Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit Reliability Enhancement This updates improves the reliability and AV Evasion of MSRPC Server Service Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit against Windows 2000 targets, in those cases where the target OS and Version is unknown before launching the exploit. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows CSRSS SrvSetConsoleNumberOfCommand Exploit (MS11-056) This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft Windows "CSRSS.EXE" process setting the command history number in a value greater than 0x7fff. CVE-2011-1283 Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional