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
Oracle Application Testing Suite UploadFileAction Servlet Remote Code Execution Exploit A vulnerability exists in the UploadFileAction servlet. By providing a fileType parameter of "*" to the UploadFileUpload page, an attacker can upload a file to an arbitrary location on the system.

This module abuses the auto deploy feature in the server in order to achieve remote code execution. Also, this module makes use of an authentication bypass vulnerability to perform the attack. 		CVE-2016-0491 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Joomla com_contenthistory SQL Injection This module exploits a SQL Injection vulnerability in Joomla which allows gathering of users and password hashes by parsing SQL output errors CVE-2015-7297 Linux Exploits / SQL Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact Professional
Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Debug Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the ienipp.ocx ActiveX control. The control accepts a 'debug' parameter that is expected to be either "yes" or "true". If a string of a specific length is provided instead, a processing loop within the ExecuteRequest method can be made to corrupt a stack-based buffer. CVE-2010-3106 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Winamp dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit Winamp is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .CDA file. NOCVE-9999-44965 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Muse PLS Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in MUSE when handling .PLS files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .PLS file. NOCVE-9999-44898 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows LNK Shortcut Automatic File Execution Exploit Update Microsoft Windows is prone to a vulnerability that may allow a file to automatically run because the software fails to handle 'LNK' files properly. Specifically, the issue occurs when loading the icon of a shortcut file. A specially crafted 'LNK' file can cause Windows to automatically execute code that is specified by the shortcut file. This vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.


 CVE-2010-2568 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Kingsoft Writer DOC File Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Kingsoft Writer by using a crafted

.doc file which causes a stack-based buffer overflow which allows

arbitrary code execution on the targeted system. 		NOCVE-9999-44261 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Exchange CDO Calendar Preenum Exploit Update This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow handling the mail headers in the OWA (Outlook Web Access) service when processing meeting requests of Exchange Server clients (MS06-019).

This update excludes this exploit from rpt. 		CVE-2006-0027 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
IBM Cognos Server Backdoor Account Remote Exploit This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in IBM Cognos Express by using an undocumented user account to upload an arbitrary .WAR file. CVE-2010-0557 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management UploadServlet Remote Code Execution Exploit A remote code execution vulnerability in the UploadServlet component of Novell ZENworks Configuration Management allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-4229 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Novell iManager Classname Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a remote stack-based buffer overflow in Novell iManager when creating a class with an overly long name.



 CVE-2010-1929 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a remote stack-based buffer overflow in the Preboot Service component of Novell ZENworks Configuration Management by sending a specially crafted packet to the port 998/TCP. NOCVE-9999-43820 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
ZipWrangler Buffer Overflow Exploit ZipWrangler contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in ZipWrangler when handling .ZIP files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .ZIP file. CVE-2010-1685 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
MySQL with yaSSL SSL Certificate Handling Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit MySQL compiled with yaSSL is prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. CVE-2009-4484 Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Linux Kernel Sock_Sendpage Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update The Linux kernel 2.6.0 through 2.6.30.4, and 2.4.4 through 2.4.37.4, does not initialize all function pointers for socket operations in proto_ops structures, which allows local users to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and gain privileges by using mmap to map page zero, placing arbitrary code on this page, and then invoking an unavailable operation, as demonstrated by the sendpage operation (sock_sendpage function) on a PF_PPPOX socket.



This update adds the 'one-shot' tag to the XML of the module. 		CVE-2009-2692 Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
DameWare Mini Remote Control Pre Auth Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the DameWare Mini Remote Control Service sending a specially crafted packet to the 6129/TCP port. CVE-2003-1030 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft SQL Server sp_replwritetovarbin Remote Heap Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a heap-based buffer overflow in the Microsoft SQL Server by sending a specially crafted SQL query. This update adds support for executestatement() functionality within the WebApps vector.



It has two uses: One as a Remote Exploit which needs authentication, and another as an SQL Injection Agent installer module, which needs an SQL Agent as a target.

 CVE-2008-5416 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MicroWorld eScan Products Remote Command Execution Exploit Multiple MicroWorld eScan products are vulnerable to a remote command-execution vulnerability because they fail to properly sanitize user-supplied input. Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges. Successful attacks will completely compromise affected computers. The issue affects the following products versions prior to 4.1.x: eScan for Linux Desktop, eScan for Linux File Servers, MailScan for Linux Mail servers, WebScan for Linux Proxy Servers. NOCVE-9999-42682 Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Oracle Java Soundbank Resource Name Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Oracle Java SE when jsound.dll parses a specially crafted Soundbank 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-2010-0839 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Openftpd Server Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the authentication process. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by sending an overly long, specially-crafted password to the affected server. NOCVE-9999-42236 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Apple iTunes PLS File Stack Overflow Exploit Apple iTunes is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the software fails to bounds-check user-supplied data before copying it into an insufficiently sized buffer.



An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition. 		CVE-2009-2817 Mac OS X Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Sun Java AWT Library setDiffICM Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in the AWT library in Sun Java JRE when a specially crafted parameter is passed to the setDiffICM function. CVE-2009-3869 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom Record Invalid Index Exploit (MS10-004) Update Array index error in Microsoft Powerpoint, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document, aka "PowerPoint OEPlaceholderAtom" 'placementId' Invalid Array Indexing Vulnerability.

This update improves memory management.

 CVE-2010-0031 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
HP Power Manager Administration Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a remote buffer overflow in the HP Power Manager Administration Web Server by sending a specially crafted POST request. CVE-2009-2685 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
IBM Access Support GetXMLValue ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit A vulnerability has been identified in IBM Access Support ActiveX, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "IbmEgath.dll" module when processing malformed data passed to the "GetXMLValue()" method, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page. CVE-2009-0215 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional