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
Adobe Flash Player SWF File Memory Corruption Exploit Update Adobe Flash Player is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted .SWF file, which can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable machines by convincing an unsuspecting user to visit a malicious web site.

This vulnerability has been found exploited in-the-wild during April 2011.



This update adds support for Windows Seven. 		CVE-2011-0611 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
RealNetworks RealPlayer CDDA URI ActiveX Exploit An ActiveX control in RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.4, and RealPlayer Enterprise 2.1.2 does not properly initialize an unspecified object component during parsing of a CDDA URI, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference and application crash) via a long URI. CVE-2010-3747 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Phoenix Project Manager wbtrv32 DLL Hijacking Exploit Phoenix Project Manager is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named wbtrv32.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder as a .PPX file.

The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .PPX 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. 		NOCVE-9999-47357 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Outlook Moniker Link UNC Path Information Disclosure Exploit Update This exploit leverages an information disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. By using a crafted path, unauthorized access can be obtained, allowing for the theft of NTLM hashes.

This update add suport for unautheticated SMTP servers. 		CVE-2024-21413 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
VideoLAN VLC buffer overflow subtitle exploit VLC is able to handle the subtitles automatically in a very simple way, it just checks the presence of ssa files with the same name of the loaded video and a possible subtitles folder. The functions which handle the MicroDvd, SSA and Vplayer subtitle formats are vulnerable to some stack based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities which can allow an attacker to execute malicious code. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
EZip Wizard Buffer Overflow Exploit update A stack-based buffer overflow in eZip Wizard allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .ZIP file that contains a file with a long name.

This update makes a correction to a parameter name. 		CVE-2009-1028 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
eZip Wizard Buffer Overflow Exploit A stack-based buffer overflow in eZip Wizard allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted zip file with a long name of the internal file. CVE-2009-1028 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe PDF getIcon Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader when handling a specially crafted PDF 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. 		CVE-2009-0927 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Telnet Credential Reflection Exploit (MS09-042) Update This module exploits a vulnerability on telnet.exe using the SMB relay attack.



This update adds support for client-side mode. 		CVE-2009-1930 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Word MS07-014 exploit Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOC file that triggers memory corruption. CVE-2006-6561 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Image22 ActiveX Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Image22 ActiveX Control. The exploit is triggered when the DrawIcon() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. NOCVE-9999-44674 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
A-PDF WAV to MP3 Converter Buffer Overflow Exploit A-PDF WAV to MP3 Converter contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an crafted WAV file. NOCVE-9999-44866 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Foxit Reader Compact Font Format Buffer Overflow Exploit A vulnerability has been identified in Foxit Reader, which could be exploited by attackers to potentially compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error when processing Compact Font Format (CFF) data within a PDF document, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PDF document.



This is the same vulnerability that is currently being exploited to jailbreak the iPhone 4 OS.


 CVE-2010-1797 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Oracle Java Soundbank Resource Name Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Oracle Java SE when jsound.dll parses a specially crafted Soundbank file.

This update improves the reliability of the exploit and adds support for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows 2000. 		CVE-2010-0839 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows SMB Credential Reflection Exploit (MS08-068) Update This module implements the SMB Relay attack to install an agent in the target machine.



This update adds client side functionality.

 CVE-2008-4037 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Skype Extras Manager ActiveX Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Extras Manager ActiveX Control included in Skype. This bug is currently being exploited in the wild. CVE-2009-4741 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
VariCAD DWB Buffer Overflow Exploit VariCAD is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks when opening .DWB files. NOCVE-9999-42557 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Free MP3 CD Ripper Buffer Overflow Exploit Free MP3 CD Ripper contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in Free MP3 CD Ripper when handling .WAV files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .WAV file. NOCVE-9999-43373 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Visio visiodwg.dll Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-028) Update Microsoft Visio is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. This issue arises when the application processes a crafted CAD DRAWING file (.DXF).

This update adds support for Windows 7. 		CVE-2010-1681 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Sun Java Web Start Arbitrary Command Line Injection Exploit This module exploits a command injection vulnerability within the launch() function in the Java Deployment Toolkit. CVE-2010-1423 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Visio visiodwg.dll Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-028) Microsoft Visio is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. This issue arises when the application processes a crafted CAD DRAWING file (.DXF).

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. 		NOCVE-9999-43283 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution RunCmd Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll control included in the Symantec ConsoleUtilities application. The vulnerability is triggered when the RunCmd method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. CVE-2009-3033 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Reader Import Tiff Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Adobe Reader products when a malformed .TIFF file is parsed.



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-2010-0188 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Symantec WinFax Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack overflow in library DCCFAXVW.DLL of Symantec WinFax Pro. When passing an overly long string to the AppendFax() method, arbitrary code may be executed. NOCVE-9999-38346 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
ACDSee Products TIFF Buffer Overflow Exploit Update Multiple ACDSee products are prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because they fail to perform adequate boundary checks when processing a malformed TIFF image.

This update adds support for older ACDSee versions. 		NOCVE-9999-38512 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional