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
GE Proficy Historian KeyHelp ActiveX LaunchTriPane Code Execution Exploit GE Proficy Historian is prone to a Code execution vulnerability in the KeyScript ActiveX control from keyhelp.ocx. The function LaunchTriPane use the -decompile option and can be abused to write arbitrary files on the remote system. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Linux Kernel x86_64 Ptrace Sysret Privilege Escalation Exploit On x86_64 Intel CPUs, sysret to a non-canonical address causes a fault on the sysret instruction itself after the stack pointer has been set to a usermode-controlled value, but before the current privilege level (CPL) is changed. A flaw in the ptrace subsystem of the Linux kernel allows a tracer process to set the RIP register of the tracee to a non-canonical address, which is later used when returning to user space with a sysret instruction instead of iret after a system call, thus bypassing sanity checks that were previously introduced to fix related vulnerabilities. Linux Exploits/Local Impact
Adobe Illustrator CS5 dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit Adobe Illustrator CS5 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 .AIT file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
SiSoftware Sandra dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit SiSoftware Sandra 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 .SIS file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
TechSmith Snagit dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit TechSmith Snagit is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .SNAG file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microchip MPLAB IDE pegrc32b DLL Hijacking Exploit Microchip MPLAB IDE is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of pegrc32b.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .MCP file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security TMTDI.SYS Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Titanium Maximum Security tmtdi.sys driver. The vulnerable driver trusts a dword passed from user mode via IOCTL 0x220404, and interprets it as a function pointer without performing validations. This vulnerability allows unprivileged local users to execute code with SYSTEM privileges. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Symantec Workspace Streaming Agent XMLRPC Request putFile Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploit A vulnerability exists in the ManagementAgentServer.putFile XMLRPC call exposed by the as_agent.exe service, which allows for uploading arbitrary files under the server root. This module abuses the auto deploy feature in the JBoss as_ste.exe instance in order to achieve remote code execution. Abused services listen on a single machine deployment, and also in the backend role in a multiple machine deployment. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Linux Kernel n_tty_write Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the Linux Kernel. The n_tty_write function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly manage tty driver access in the "LECHO & !OPOST" case, which allows local attackers to escalate privileges triggering a race condition involving read and write operations with long strings. Linux Exploits/Local Impact
Ston3d Player Command Injection Exploit This module exploits a remote command injection vulnerability in Ston3DWebPlayer and Ston3DStandalonePlayer via an specially crafted STK file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Rosoft Media Player M3U Buffer Overflow Exploit Update Rosoft Media Player is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input of M3U files. This update adds support till the last version of the program.(4.2.1 and 4.3.1) Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
POP Peeper UIDL Buffer Overflow Exploit The POP Peeper client is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. This vulnerability is exploitable as a client side attack. A vulnerable POP Peeper user must connect to a server created by IMPACT Pro and attempt to retrieve mail in order for IMPACT Pro to exploit the vulnerable agent and deploy and agent on the users machine. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Samba Username Map Script Command Injection Exploit The MS-RPC functionality in smbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.25rc3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters involving the SamrChangePassword function, when the "username map script" smb.conf option is enabled. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
Cytel StatXact Cytel Studio Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Cytel StatXact. The vulnerability is caused due to boundary error within the processing of .CY3 project files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow when a specially crafted .CY3 file is opened. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Adobe Flash Player AS2 NetConnection Type Confusion Exploit This module exploits a Type Confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. The specific flaw exist in the ActionScript 2 NetConnection class. When a NetConnection method is called with a parameter that is a native function object, its native data can be specified as a Number by the caller, but be interpreted as a pointer. This allows to overwrite different objects like vectors and finally accomplish remote code execution. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
VMware Workstation Printer Escape Vulnerability Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the VMware printer virtual device from the guest OS and install an agent in the host computer. WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released versionin 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/Local Impact
IBM Lotus Domino BMP parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit Update IBM Domino is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when parsing BMP images. By sending a specially-crafted bitmap image, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or make the application crash. This version adds support for several Windows versions. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows AFD AfdConnect Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS11-046) Update The Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) present in Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to an arbitrary pointer overwrite. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by sending a specially crafted IOCTL to the vulnerable driver. This update adds support for Windows 2003. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Adobe Acrobat Pro AFParseDate Javascript API Restrictions Bypass Exploit Certain Javascript APIs in Adobe Acrobat Pro can only be executed in a privileged context. By adding specially crafted Javascript code to a PDF file it's possible to bypass security restrictions and invoke privileged Javascript APIs, allowing for arbitrary code execution. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
SolarWinds Application Monitor TSUnicodeGraphEditorControl factory Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2 The specific flaw exists within the 'factory' object's loadExtensionFactory method. The issue lies in a failure to validate the size of an attacker-supplied input before copying it into a fixed-size buffer on the stack. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. This version add x86_64 support. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
WordPress Landing Pages Plugin Remote Command Execution This update introduces an OS Command Injection Exploit for the "Wordpress Landing Pages" plugin. Linux Exploits/OS Command Injection/Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Microsoft Windows OpenType Font Driver Vulnerability Exploit (MS15-078) Update 3 This module exploits a vulnerability in "atmfd.dll" Windows driver by loading a crafted OTF font. This update adds support to "Low Integrity Level" bypass for "Windows 8.1" 32 bits by using a kernel memory leak (CVE-2015-2433). Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows SMB Pathname Overflow DoS (MS10-012) Update This update adds shared folders detection. This module exploits a vulnerability on srv.sys when it executes a rename command into shared folder using a long pathname. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact