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
Chipkin BACnet Object Monitor 0.204 Remote Code Execution Bacnet Object Monitor 0.204 Remote Code Execution Windows Exploits / Remote Code Execution SCADA
Chipkin BACnet Object Monitor Info Disclosure/File delete Chipkin Bacnet Object Monitor File Disclosure/File Delete Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA
Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a Chuggnutt HTML to Text Converter preg_replace using eval switch in multiple web applications in order to install an agent.



Currently, this module supports AtMail Open and RoundCube Webmail.
Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Cimon Scada HttpSvr Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability 0day Remote Denial Of Service in Cimon Scada HttpSvr Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
CIRCUTOR PowerStudio Scada Denial of Service Remote Denial Of Service in CIRCUTOR PowerStudio Scada Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Path Traversal Vulnerability A successful exploit could allow the attacker to view arbitrary files within the web services file system on the targeted device. As an example, this could allow an attacker to impersonate another VPN user and establish a Clientless SSL VPN or AnyConnect VPN session to the device as that user Exploits / Remote IOT
Cisco AnyConnect Posture Security Service Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Multiple vulnerabilities in the Security Service of Cisco AnyConnect Posture for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker, to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM user privileges. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Cisco AnyConnect Posture Security Service TOCTOU Local Privilege Escalation Exploit The Security Service of Cisco AnyConnect Posture (HostScan) for Windows incorrectly restricts access to internal IPC commands. This could enable low-privileged users to achieve NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges by sending crafted IPC commands.

This module bypasses CVE-2021-1366 by abusing a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in the priv_file_copy command.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Cisco AnyConnect Posture Security Service TOCTOU Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update The Security Service of Cisco AnyConnect Posture (HostScan) for Windows incorrectly restricts access to internal IPC commands. This could enable low-privileged users to achieve NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges by sending crafted IPC commands.

This module bypasses CVE-2021-1366 by abusing a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition in the priv_file_copy command.



This update adds code to launch the exploit for CVE-2021-1366 if the detected version is vulnerable to it.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Uncontrolled Search Path Privilege Escalation Exploit A vulnerability in the installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to system level directories with system level privileges. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of directory paths. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. An exploit could allow the attacker to copy malicious files to arbitrary locations with system level privileges. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Cisco ASA SNMP Buffer Overflow Exploit (EXTRABACON) The module exploit a buffer overflow vulnerability in the SNMP code of the Cisco ASA Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Cisco Catalyst 2960 IOS 12.2(55)SE1 ROCEM Remote Code Execution This module exploits a buffer overflow and installs an agent into the target host. Windows Exploits / Remote IOT
Cisco Data Center Network Manager Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability Exploit Cisco Data Center Network Manager is vulnerable to an authenticated arbitrary file upload, which allows to upload a WAR file to the Apache Tomcat webapps directory.



The Apache Tomcat webapps directory can be determined using a information disclosure vulnerability.



Authentication can be bypassed on versions 10.4(2) and below.
Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact
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
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
Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform Installer Command Injection Vulnerability Exploit The password input field in the "/auth/" and "/auth/change" endpoints of Cisco HyperFlex HX Installer Virtual Machine allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute systems commands as root. Linux Exploits / Remote Code Execution Impact
Cisco IOS XE WMSA Encoding Bypass Vulnerability Checker An encoding bypass in the webui_wsma_https endpoint in Cisco IOS XE allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute commands and configure the system through SOAP requests via the Web Service Management Agent (WMSA). This can be abused to create unauthorized local administrator accounts (user with privilege level 15) and log in with normal user access. Information gathering / Vulnerability checkers Impact
Cisco IP Phone 11.7 Denial Of Service denial of service exploit Remote Denial Of Service in Cisco IP Phone 11.7 Windows Denial of Service / Remote IOT
Cisco Linksys PlayerPT ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the PlayerPT.ocx module included in the Cisco Linksys WVC200 Wireless-G PTZ Internet Video Camera application. The exploit is triggered when the SetSource() method processes a crafted argument resulting in a buffer overflow. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Cisco Linksys PlayerPT ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability in the PlayerPT.ocx module included in the Cisco Linksys WVC200 Wireless-G PTZ Internet Video Camera application. The exploit is triggered when the SetSource() method processes a crafted argument resulting in a buffer overflow.

This update adds support for Internet Explorer 8 and 9 and Windows 7, detected automatically.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Cisco Linksys PlayerPT ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2 This module exploits a vulnerability in the PlayerPT.ocx module included in the Cisco Linksys WVC200 Wireless-G PTZ Internet Video Camera application. The exploit is triggered when the SetSource() method processes a crafted argument resulting in a buffer overflow.

This update improves the xml of the module to be compatible with new product functionality.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Cisco Linksys WVC200 Wireless-G PTZ Internet Video Camera ActiveX PlayerPT.ocx Code Execution Vulnerability This module will listen HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install an agent on them. Exploits / Client Side IOT
Cisco NX-OS CDP Remote Exploit A vulnerability has been reported as Cisco Bug ID CSCtf08873 which states that a CDP packet with a long Device ID crashes CDPD on N7k. Our research indicated that the vulnerability corrupts the state of the heap, leading to an exploitable scenario, which allows to gain administrator privileges.



This module exploits such vulnerability in order to install an agent.


Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Cisco Packet Tracer wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit Cisco Packet Tracer is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of wintab32.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .PKT file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Cisco Prime Infrastructure Health Monitor UploadServlet Remote JSP File Upload Vulnerability Exploit The TarArchive class blindly extracts tar archives without checking for directory traversals. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the system. Linux Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities Impact