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
Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability Exploit Update (MS15-099) Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EPS image, aka "Microsoft Office Malformed EPS File Vulnerability." Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Media Center MCL URL File Disclosure Exploit (MS15-134) Windows Media Center MCL files can specify a URL to be automatically loaded within Media Center.



A specially crafted MCL file can trick Windows Media Center into rendering the very same MCL file as a local HTML file within the application's embedded web browser. This can be leveraged by an attacker to read and exfiltrate arbitrary files from a victim's local fileystem by convincing an unsuspecting user to open an MCL file.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
IBM SPSS SamplePower vsflex8l ActiveX Control ComboList Property Second Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is a buffer overflow caused due to an error related to the ComboList property within the vsflex8l ActiveX Control. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Adobe Flash Player Type Confusion Exploit This module exploits a type confusion vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player.

This vulnerability has been found exploited in-the-wild during December 2013.



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. 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 Professional
VLC Media Player wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit VLC Media Player is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of wintab32.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .MP3 file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Novell iPrint Client call-back-url Parameter Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the ienipp.ocx ActiveX component of Novell iPrint Client by passing an overly long value to the 'call-back-url' parameter.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Embedded OpenType Fonts Integer Overflow DoS (MS09-065) Update This module causes a DoS in win32k.sys when attempts are made to render a malformed embedded font. This updates improves the functionality of the module. Windows Denial of Service / Client Side Impact Professional
Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor Remote OS Command Injection Exploit Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability and a OS Command Injection vulnerability, which allows attackers to gain arbitrary code execution on the affected system. Windows Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Cisco Data Center Network Manager HostEnclHandler getVmHostData SQL Injection Vulnerability Exploit Update This module uses an authentication bypass and a SQL injection vulnerability in order to upload and execute a JSP file in the Wildfly virtual file system webapps directory.



This update fixes OS detection when detecting DCNM version.
Windows, Linux Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Carel PlantVisorPro Hardcoded Password Exploit This module exploits hardcoded password vulnerability in Carel PlantVisorPro 2.0. Exploits / Authentication Weakness SCADA
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
MicroFocus OBM UCMDB Services Java Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit Hard-coded credentials for the diagnostics user can be used to authenticate in the UCMDB component.

Then a java deserialization vulnerability present in several endpoints of the UCMDB service can be used to execute OS commands.
Windows, Linux Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Wordpress Weak Authentication Exploit An attacker, able to register a specially crafted username on a Wordpress 2.5 installation, will also be able to generate authentication cookies for other chosen accounts. This vulnerability exists because it is possible to modify authentication cookies without invalidating the cryptographic integrity protection. The proper way to exploit this vulnerability is

to use a Wordpress account which its username starts with the word

"admin", for example "admin99". This exploit will not be shown on WebApps reports.
Exploits / Authentication Weakness Impact Professional
Magento eCommerce Web Sites Deserialization Remote Code Execution Exploit This module uses an unauthenticated deserialization vulnerability in Magento eCommerce Web Sites to perform an arbitrary write file to gain arbitrary PHP code execution on the affected system. Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact Professional
Apache CouchDB Remote OS Command Injection Exploit Apache CouchDB contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability and a OS Command Injection vulnerability, which allows attackers to gain arbitrary code execution on the affected system. Linux Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
MyBB Privilege Escalation Exploit A vulnerability has been reported in MyBB, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct SQL injection attacks. Input passed via the "birthdayprivacy" parameter to inc/datahandlers/user.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code. Successful exploitation requires a valid user account. The vulnerability is reported in MyBB 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.7. Exploits / Authentication Weakness Impact Professional
Cisco Data Center Network Manager HostEnclHandler getVmHostData SQL Injection Vulnerability Exploit This module uses an authentication bypass and a SQL injection vulnerability in order to upload and execute a JSP file in the Wildfly virtual file system webapps directory. Windows, Linux Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Wordpress Password Reset Exploit A weakness has been reported in WordPress which can be exploited to bypass certain security restrictions. The weakness is due to a bug within the password reset functionality when verifying the secret key. This can be exploited to reset the password of the first user without a key in the database (usually administrator) without providing the correct secret key. Exploits / Authentication Weakness Impact Professional
Web Application Authentication Testing Improvement Improvement on Web Application Authentication Testing parameters to use a higher number of values between the authentication probes. Exploits / Authentication Weakness Impact Professional
Advantech WebAccess Change Password Exploit This module exploits hardcoded password vulnerability in Carel PlantVisorPro 2.0. Exploits / Authentication Weakness SCADA
OpenSite 2.1 Weak Authentication Exploit This module exploits an authentication vulnerability in OpenSite 2.1. The function init in origin/libs/user.php checks for a matching origin_hash cookie. However, this cookie can be bruteforced in at most 2^32 tries for a known username. Actually, the number of attempts could be significantly reduced knowing that we do not have to check for time in the future, and long past. This works for OpenSite 2.1 and below. Exploits / Authentication Weakness Impact Professional
Jetbrains TeamCity handleRequestInternal Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit An authentication bypass vulnerability in Jetbrains TeamCity allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute OS system commands. Windows, Linux Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
Web App Authentication Testing Improvement Improvement on Web Application Authentication Testing parameters to use a high number of values between the authentication probes. Exploits / Authentication Weakness Impact Professional
Magento eCommerce Web Sites Remote Code Execution Exploit Magento eCommerce Web Sites suffers from a Authentication Bypass Vulnerability, a Blind SQL Injection Vulnerability and a Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability.



These 3 vulnerabilities, allows an attacker to gain arbitrary code execution on the affected system.

Exploits / Authentication Weakness / Known Vulnerabilities Impact Professional
CA XOsoft Control Service entry_point.aspx Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a remote buffer overflow vulnerability in the entry_point.aspx login page of CA XOsoft Control Service. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional