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 Win32k Keyboard Layout Vulnerability Exploit (MS10-073) Update 3 This update adds support to Impact Professional 11.0i This module exploits a vulnerability on "win32k.sys" when a keyboard layout is loaded by the kernel. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Adobe Photoshop Collada Asset Elements Buffer Overflow Exploit Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 is prone to a unicode overflow which occurs when overlong asset elements are processed. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
McAfee Virtual Technician MVTControl ActiveX Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in McAfee Virtual Technician MVTControl, which can be abused by using the GetObject() function to load unsafe classes, therefore allowing remote code execution under the context of the user. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
FireFly Media Server Remote Format String Exploit This module exploits a remote format string vulnerability in FireFly Media Server by sending a sequence of HTTP requests to the 3689/TCP port. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
VLC Media Player libmodplug Buffer Overflow Exploit Update VLC Media Player is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of user supplied data. An attacker is able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user when opening malicious .S3M media files. This version adds the CVE number. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Win32k Cursor Object Double Free Vulnerability DoS (MS15-010) This module exploits a double free vulnerability in win32k.sys, allowing an unprivileged local user to cause a BSOD. Windows Denial of Service/Local Impact
Corel FastFlix Multiple DLL Hijacking Exploit Untrusted search path vulnerability in Corel FastFlix 17.0.0.249 and earlier, and possibly other versions allows local users, and possibly remote attackers, to execute arbitrary code and conduct DLL hijacking attacks via a Trojan horse igfxcmrt32.dll or ipl.dll or MSPStyleLib.dll or uFioUtil.dll or uhDSPlay.dll or uipl.dll or uvipl.dll or VC1DecDll.dll or VC1DecDll_SSE3.dll that is located in the same folder as an .vfp file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CInput Object Use-After-Free Exploit(MS14-035) A use after free vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to accessing a freed CInput object in memory. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a malicious web page. In the case of successful exploitation, arbitrary attacker code would be executed in the security context of the target user. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Drupal Forum Cross Site Scripting Exploit A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Forum module in Drupal 6.x (proir to version 6.13) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML by requesting a specially crafted tid. The vulnerability is present only if the Forum module is activated, this is not the default configuration but the module is shipped by default with Drupal. Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities Impact
VirtualMin Dom Parameter Cross Site Scripting Exploit Input passed to the "dom" parameter in left.cgi and via the URL to virtual-server/link.cgi is not properly sanitized before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site. Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Opera file URI Handling Buffer Overflow Exploit Update Opera is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input before copying it to an insufficiently sized buffer. This update add Decouple feature. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
IBM Tivoli Directory Server SASL Bind Request DoS IBM Tivoli Directory Server incorrectly handles LDAP CRAM-MD5 packets which leads to a denial of service. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows CSRSS Local EOP SrvSetConsoleNumberOfCommand Vulnerability DoS (MS11-056) This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft Windows "CSRSS.EXE" process and causes a BSoD. 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/Local Impact
Oracle Java BytePackedRaster Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Oracle Java. The BytePackedRaster.verify() method in Oracle Java versions prior to 7u25 is vulnerable to a signed integer overflow that allows bypassing of "dataBitOffset" boundary checks. This vulnerability allows for remote code execution. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
IBM Lotus Quickr For Domino qp2 ActiveX Control Heap Overflow Exploit A heap overflow in the ActiveX control qp2.cab in IBM Lotus Quickr for Domino allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument to the Attachment_Names method. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
MongoDB mongoFind Uninitialized Memory Exploit The mongo::mongoFind method in MongoDB makes use of uninitialized memory. A remote attacker can fill that memory address with controlled data and then call the vulnerable function in order to execute arbitrary code on the affected server. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
Apple Mac OS X Samba NetWkstaTransportEnum Request Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability in Mac OS X Samba server. When a specially crafted call to "NetWkstaTransportEnum" RPC function is processed by the Samba server, it produces a heap overflow. This update adds support to Mac OSX 10.6.0 to 10.6.7 ( Server and not server versions ). Besides, this update improves the exploitation by reverting the Samba server impersonation and installing an agent with root privileges in all Mac OSX supported versions. Mac OS X Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Win32k OTF Validation DoS (MS11-041) This module causes a BSOD in Microsoft Windows when parsing a specially crafted OpenType font file. 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/Local Impact
OracleDB CSA Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the Client System Analyzer component of the Oracle Database Server. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
HP OpenView NNM jovgraph displayWidth Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the jovgraph.exe CGI application, a component of HP OpenView Network Node Manager, by sending a specially crafted packet. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Control Microsystems ClearSCADA Remote DoS This module exploits a vulnerability in the ClearSCADA Server service by sending a malformed packet to the 5481/TCP port to crash the application. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Artlantis Studio mfc90loc DLL Hijacking Exploit Artlantis Studio is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of mfc90loc.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than a .ATL file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .ATL file. This file and the associated binary may be delivered to a user through remote WebDAV shares. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Fax Cover Page Editor Double Free Memory Corruption Exploit Microsoft Windows Fax Cover Page Editor is prone to a double-free memory-corruption vulnerability. 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
Iconics Genesis 32 WebHMI ActiveX Stack Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the GenVersion.dll module included in the Iconics Genesis 32 application. The exploit is triggered when the SetActiveXGUID() method processes a malformed argument resulting in a memory corruption. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact