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
BulletProof FTP Client Buffer Overflow Exploit BulletProof FTP Client contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in BulletProof FTP Client when handling .BPS files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .BPS file. Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise Arbitrary Write SGStDrvm Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update Sophos SafeGuard Enterprise before 8.00.5, SafeGuard Easy before 7.00.3, and SafeGuard LAN Crypt before 3.95.2 are vulnerable to Local Privilege Escalation via multiple IOCTLs. This update fixes an error in the injection. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
IBM Lotus Sametime StMux Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Community Services Multiplexer (StMux.exe) by requesting a specially crafted URL.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows DCOM-RPC NTLM Reflection Elevation of Privilege Exploit Update This update improves the reliability by handling scenarios where the attack cannot be performed. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
VLC Media Player TY File Stack Based Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability in VideoLan Media Player (VLC). Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_master function in the Ty demux plugin (modules/demux/ty.c) in VLC Media Player 0.9.0 through 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TiVo TY media file with a header containing a crafted size value.



This update improves exploit reliability.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Free MP3 CD Ripper Buffer Overflow SEH Exploit A Buffer Overflow exists when parsing .mp3/wma files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .mp3/wma files. 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 Professional
Apple CUPS HP-GL2 filter Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a specific flaw in the Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language

filter. Inadequate bounds checking on the pen width and pen color

opcodes result in an arbitrary memory overwrite allowing for the

execution of arbitrary code as the "hgltops" process uid.
Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft IGMPv3 DoS (MS08-001) This modules causes a Denial of Service in Microsoft Windows. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Debian OpenSSL Predictable Random Number Generation Exploit This module exploits the random number generator in Debian's OpenSSL package being predictable. This vulnerability is used to generate SSH keys and to install an agent into the target host. Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Wecon LeviStudioU Screenhelper BgOnOffBitAddr Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the handling of UMP files. When parsing the BgOnOffBitAddr element, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of Administrator Windows Exploits / Client Side 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 Professional
FaceBook PhotoUploader ExtractIptc Exploit This module exploits a client-side command execution vulnerability in the ActiveX control of the FaceBook Image Uploader. The module will run a malicious website in the CORE IMPACT console and wait for a user to connect and trigger the exploit. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
DVD X Player Standard Buffer Overflow Exploit A Buffer Overflow exists in DVD X Player Standard when parsing .plf files. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling a crafted .plf files. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Tp-link EAP Controller Exploit Tp-link EAP Controller does not handle privilege management correctly so a non privileged user can execute privileged actions. This module will try to change the device's settings and enable ssh in order to take control of the managed Access Points. Windows, Linux Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
VideoLAN VLC Buffer Overflow Subtitle Exploit Update 3 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. This exploit add support for VLC 0.86e version.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
BlazeDVD PLF Playlist Buffer Overflow Exploit BlazeDVD is prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability because the application fails to handle malformed playlist files.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Linux Kernel Dirty COW Race Condition Privilege Escalation Exploit Update This module exploits a race condition vulnerability in the Linux Kernel via MAP_PRIVATE COW.



The bug relies in the way the Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on the system.



This update improves the post-escalation execution.
Linux Exploits / Local Impact
MDaemon IMAP Fetch Exploit Update This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the MDaemon Email Server 9.64.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
TrendMicro Officescan Widget Remote Command Execution Exploit TrendMicro is prone to an abuse in the talker.php function to get authentication bypass, combined with the mod TMCSS user-supplied unvalidated input before using it to execute a system calls leads us to execute arbitrary code. Windows Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Cisco WebEx ARF File Binary Planting Exploit The specific flaw exists within the processing of ARF files. While opening an ARF file, WebEx Network Recording Player loads a DLL from an unqualified path. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
REDDOXX Appliance ExecuteDiag Remote Command Injection Exploit This module exploits a command injection vulnerability in REDDOXX Appliance to install an agent. Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
NVIDIA DxgDdiEscape Handler Privilege Escalation Exploit Update NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver R340 before 342.00 and R375 before 375.63 contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgDdiEscape ID 0x600000D where a value passed from a user to the driver is used without validation leading to escalation of privileges. This update add reliability and speed to the attack. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Linux Kernel UFO Memory Corruption Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel. When building a UFO packet with MSG_MORE __ip_append_data() calls ip_ufo_append_data() to append. However in between two send() calls, the append path can be switched from UFO to non-UFO one, which leads to a memory corruption that can be used by an attacker to escalate privileges.


Linux Exploits / Local Impact
Trend Micro Threat Discovery Appliance admin_sys_time.cgi Remote Command Execution Exploit This module exploits two vulnerabilities in Trend Micro Threat Discovery Appliance.



The first is an authentication bypass vulnerability via a file delete in logoff.cgi which resets the admin password back to 'admin' upon a reboot. This is useful if the password for the admin user is unknown.



The second is an authenticated command injection flaw using the timezone parameter in the admin_sys_time.cgi interface.
Linux Exploits / Remote Code Execution Impact