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
ACDSee Products TIFF Buffer Overflow Exploit Multiple ACDSee products are prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because they fail to perform adequate boundary checks when processing a malformed TIF image. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Typo3 Cross Site Scripting Exploit This module exploits insecure randomness vulnerability in Typo3, which leads to XSS attacks. This module tries to guess the Typo3 encryptionKey by exploiting its insecure randomness. If guessed, it will install an XSS Agent. Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Microsoft IE CFunctionPointer Memory Corruption Exploit Update This module exploits a memory corruption vulnerability when Internet Explorer attempts to access an object that has been deleted. This update adds support for Windows Vista SP0 and SP1. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Moodle Tex Filter Remote Code Execution Exploit A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability has been found in filter/tex/texed.php. Due to the fact this file does not properly check the input parameters, it is possible to exploit this vulnerability in order to execute arbitrary commands on the target server. This module starts a web server on the CORE IMPACT Console to publish the agent, which is downloaded from the target. In order to exploit this vulnerability register_globals must be enabled (in PHP) and the TeX Notation filter in Moodle must be turned on. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
MSRPC WKSSVC NetpManageIPCConnect Exploit Update 2 This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in the Workstation Service. This package addresses a compatibility problem when porting the module from version 7.6 to 8.0 of the framework. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Alt-N Security Gateway Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2 This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Alt-N Security Gateway by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the TCP port 4000. This update add the CVE number. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
ZoneAlarm VSDATANT IOCTL Handler Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in ZoneAlarm products when the 0x8400000F function is invoked with a specially crafted parameter. The IOCTL 0x8400000F handler in the VSDATANT.SYS device driver in ZoneAlarm products allows local users to overwrite memory and execute arbitrary code via malformed Interrupt Request Packet (Irp) parameters to obtain escalated privileges. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Adobe Reader printf Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing format strings containing a floating point specifier in the util.printf() JavaScript function. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
FutureSoft TFTP Server 2000 Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in FutureSoft TFTP Server, that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long malformed filename. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft IGMPv3 DoS (MS08-001) This modules causes a Denial of Service in Microsoft Windows. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Adobe Flash Player SWF Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player triggered when processing a specially crafted SWF file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Excel Macro Validation Exploit (MS08-014) This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2003 SP2 and earlier when parsing a malformed xls file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
IrfanView Formats Plugin IFF Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the Formats plug-in (Formats.dll) when handling IFF files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted IFF file. Exploits/Client Side Impact
Acoustica MP3 CD Burner ASX Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing malformed ASX playlist files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow tricking a user into opening a specially crafted playlist file containing a ref tag with an overly long href attribute. Exploits/Client Side Impact
Ipswitch IMail Search On Exploit update for IMPACT 7.5 This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Ipswitch Imail Server 2006.0 and 2006.1. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Tivoli Storage Manager Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express CAD Service 5.3. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Imatix Xitami If-Modified-Since Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a remote stack buffer overflow in the Xitami Server version 2.5c Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
VLC Media Player Format String exploit update This update adds support for Mac OS X, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 platforms and support for 0.86 and 0.86a versions of VLC. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Publisher MS07-037 exploit PUBCONV.DLL in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 does not properly clear memory when transferring data from disk to memory, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .pub page via a certain negative value, which bypasses a sanitization procedure that initializes critical pointers to NULL, aka the "Publisher Invalid Memory Reference Vulnerability". Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
RSH Daemon for Windows Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Windows RSH application (rshd.exe). The module sends a specially crafted packet to port 514/tcp and installs an agent if successful. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
telnetd solaris -f root exploit This is a remote exploit for an Authentication bypass vulnerability present in telnetd daemon for Solaris 10. Solaris Exploits/Remote Impact
ProFTPD Controls Buffer Overflow Exploit The internal stack may be overrun using the controls module with a special crafted control sequence. This condition can be exploited by attackers to ultimately execute instructions with the privileges of the ProFTPD process, typically administrator or system. Linux Exploits/Local Impact
Linux vixie-cron exploit do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf Linux Exploits/Local Impact
IE XML HTTP Exploit update This module exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services. This update improves the stability of the exploit. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
HP Easy Printer Care XMLCacheMgr Class ActiveX Control Code Execution Exploit This module allows remote attackers to place arbitrary files on a users file system by abusing the "CacheDocumentXMLWithId" method from the "XMLCacheMgr" class in the HP Easy Printer HPTicketMgr.dll ActiveX Control (HPTicketMgr.dll 2.7.2.0). Code execution can be achieved by first uploading the payload to the remote machine embeddeding a vbs file, and then upload another mof file, which enables Windows Management Instrumentation service to execute the vbs. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact