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
Novell ZENworks Asset Management Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a path traversal vulnerability in Novell ZENworks Asset Management. The specific flaw exists within a servlet provided within the Novell Zenworks distribution for uploading files. When processing the path name for the file, the servlet will allow a user to inject path traversal entities into the filename. Then, when the servlet downloads the provided file, the destination will store it to the user-provided location. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Edraw Office Viewer Component Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the officeviewer.ocx control included in the Edraw Office Viewer Component ActiveX application. The exploit is triggered when the HttpPost() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Moodle phpcoverage_home Cross Site Scripting Exploit Moodle fails to sanitize the phpcoverage_home parameter in phpcoverage.remote.top.inc.php leading to a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities Impact
UltraVNC Viewer vnclang DLL Hijacking Exploit UltraVNC Viewer is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of vnclang.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .VNC file. The attacker must entice a victim into opening a specially crafted .VNC 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
IBM Lotus Domino iCalendar Attachment Name Buffer Overflow Exploit A stack-based buffer overflow exists in the nRouter.exe component of IBM Lotus Domino when parsing the filename of an attachment within an iCalendar invitation. This can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted e-mail to the Lotus Domino SMTP server. This module bypasses Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in order to install an agent on the target machine. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft PowerPoint Invalid TimeColorBehaviorContainer Record Code Execution Exploit Microsoft Powerpoint parses a record associated with animation. If a container holds a specific record type, the application will explicitly trust a length used in this record to calculate a pointer for copying floating point numbers to. This can be used to write outside of an allocated buffer and will lead to code execution under the context of the application. 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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows SMTP Server MX Record Vulnerability DoS (MS10-024) Update This update fixes some mistakes in the module documentation. This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft Windows SMTP Server 64 bits sending a malformed DNS response from a spoofed DNS Server. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Novell ZENworks Configuration Management Preboot Service Opcode 0x4c Buffer Overflow Exploit A buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the PreBoot Service when processing requests containing opcode 0x4c. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Expression Design wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit (MS12-022) Microsoft Expression Design is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named wintab32.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .DESIGN 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 Exploits/Client Side Impact
Trend Micro Control Manager CmdProcessor.exe AddTask Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit The CmdProcessor.exe service of Trend Micro Control Manager is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow, which can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted IPC packet to the vulnerable service. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Graphite Pickle Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits an unsafe pickle operation of Graphite in order to install an agent. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
GroundWork monarch_scan.cgi Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability found in GroundWork 6.7.0. This software is used for network, application and cloud monitoring. The vulnerability exists in the monarch_scan.cgi, where user controlled input is used in the perl qx function, which allows any remote authenticated attacker, whatever his privileges are, to inject system commands and gain arbitrary code execution. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference Exploit (MS13-022) A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Silverlight that can allow a specially crafted Silverlight application to access memory in an unsafe manner. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the current user. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
FreeBSD Kernel linux_ifconf Local Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a kernel memory corruption in the Linux compatibility layer. FreeBSD Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Win32k pprFlattenRec Vulnerability Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability in win32k.sys when the EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec() doesn't initialize the pointer to the next memory chunk. This update adds support to Microsoft Windows 8. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
HP Intelligent Management FaultDownloadServlet Directory Traversal Exploit This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in HP Intelligent Management Center. Due to a lack of authentication and a directory traversal vulnerability in the FaultDownloadServlet component, an attacker can retrieve arbitrary files. Windows Exploits/Remote File Disclosure Impact
Novell ZENworks Mobile Management Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the Novell ZENworks Mobile Management application by injecting code in the PHP session file and leveraging a Local File Inclusion in mdm.php to execute the injected PHP code. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Siemens SIMATIC WinCC SCADA RegReader ActiveX Buffer Overflow Exploit An unspecified error in the RegReader ActiveX control can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Cool PDF Reader Buffer Overflow Exploit Cool PDF Reader is prone to a buffer-overflow when handling pdf documents with a specially crafted stream. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
IBM Director CIM Server Remote Code Execution Exploit IBM Director is prone to a remote code execution vulnerability that affects the CIM server. Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges in the context of the CIM server process. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Conficker Detector Exploit Update This module connects to a remote target via any exposed DCE RPC endpoints and fingerprints them to determine if the machine appears to be compromised by the Conficker worm. This update adds RPT capabilities. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Linux Kernel CONFIG_X86_X32 Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux Kernel. The X86_X32 recvmmsg syscall does not properly sanitize the timeout pointer passed from userspace and allows a local attacker to escalate privileges. Linux Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Schannel Heap Overflow DoS (MS14-066) Update This module exploits a vulnerability in "schannel.dll" by sending a crafted certificate packet to the "Internet Information Services" server via TLS protocol producing a heap overflow in the critical LSASS Windows process. This update reduces the time of the target exploitation. Besides, all targets supported are added in the documentation. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
SuSE Linux chfn exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in SuSE chfn command and escalates privileges to root. Linux Exploits/Local Impact
MSRPC SPOOLSS Buffer Overflow exploit This module exploits a heap based buffer overflow in the Print Spooler service (MS05-043) and installs an agent. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact