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
Sophos AntiVirus PDF Key Lenght Vulnerability Exploit A Buffer Overflow exist in Sophos Antivirus when parsing encrypted revision 3 PDF files by reading the encryption key contents onto a fixed length stack buffer. Mac OS X Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
VMWare Infrastructure Client tsgetxu71ex552.dll ActiveX Exploit The vulnerability exists within the way that Internet Explorer

instantiates GET Extension Factory COM objects, which are not intended to be created inside of the browser. The object does not initialize properly, and this leads to a memory corruption vulnerability.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
VLC Media Player MKV File Memory Corruption Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in VideoLan Media Player (VLC). A memory corruption vulnerability in the MKV demuxer plugin (ibmkv_plugin) in VLC Media Player 1.1.6.1 and earlier allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a MKV media file. Windows, Mac OS X Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Mitsubishi Electric Automation MC-WorX File Execution Exploit This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and run remote file. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
WinTr Code Execution WinTr v.5.52 - Code Execution Vulnerability Exploits / Client Side SCADA
ICONICS SCADA WebHMI Remote Arbitrary empty File Create 3 This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
ABB Test Signal Viewer ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Solare Datensysteme Solar-Log Devices Credentials Disclosure Vulnerability Solar-Log allows to unauthenticated user disclose the username and password remotely. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Point of View SCADA v8.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. 0-Day This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Mitsubishi Electric Automation MC-WorX Remote File Delete 0-Day Exploit This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Invensys Wonderware InFusion SCADA ActiveX control Stack overflow This module will listen HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install an agent on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADAPRO
SIEMENS Solid Edge ST4/ST5 WebPartHelper ActiveX Control Remote Command Execution Exploit This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them. Exploits / Client Side SCADAPRO
D-Link ADSL ROUTER DSL-2750E Password Disclosure D-Link ADSL ROUTER DSL-2750E Password Disclosure Exploits / Client Side IOT
D-Link DSL-2875AL Remote Password Disclosure D-Link DSL-2875AL prone to password disclosure via simple crafted request to the web management server. Exploits / Client Side IOT
Point of View SCADA/HMI software Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses in an attempt to install an OS agent on the client. Exploits / Client Side SCADAPRO
Outlook Express NNTP response exploit This exploit relies in a vulnerability that allows attackers to cause Outlook Express to execute arbitrary code via a malformed NNTP response to the LIST command. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Safari File Policy Exploit A policy issue existed in Apple Safari before 5.1 when handling of file:// URLs. Mac OS X Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Reader ICC Chunk Parsing Integer Overflow Exploit An integer overflow occurs when Adobe Reader parses some crafted ICC chunks. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Promotic SCADA MFC90ENU DLL Hijacking Exploit Promotic SCADA is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of mfc71enu if this dll is located in the same folder than .PRA file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Cisco WebEx Player WRF Stack Overflow Exploit Cisco WebEx Player is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow when handling specially crafted .WRF files. This module exploits that vulnerability in order to deploy an agent. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
ACDSee Canvas wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit ACDSee Canvas 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 .CVI file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
ProShow Producer kdclib32 DLL Hijacking Exploit ProShow Producer is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named kdclib32.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .PSH file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Nero CoverDesigner ThreadRegister DLL Hijacking Exploit Nero CoverDesigner is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named ThreadRegister.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .CDC file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Photoshop CS5 wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit Adobe Photoshop CS5 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of Wintab32.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .PSD file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Mozilla Thunderbird dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit Mozilla Thunderbird is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of dwmapi.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .EML file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional