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 Windows SMB Buffer Underflow Exploit (MS08-063) Update This update add support to Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Professional, Server, Advanced Server and Windows 2003 SP0 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows SMB Buffer Underflow Exploit (MS08-063) This module exploits a Windows kernel remote vulnerability on the srv.sys driver via a malformed SMB packet. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows SMB Buffer Underflow DoS (MS08-063) This module exploits a remote vulnerability on the FIND_FIRTS2 SMB subcommand on the srv.sys driver. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows SMB Browser Pool Corruption Vulnerability DoS (MS11-019) This module exploits a vulnerability on "mrxsmb.sys"/"bowser.sys" when a "Browser Election Request Packet" is sent to the "Active Directory" service running in the target. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows SMB 2.0 Negotiate Protocol Request Remote Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability on srv2.sys via a SMB 2 malformed packet. 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/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows SMB 2.0 Negociate Protocol Request Remote BSOD DoS This module exploits a remote denial of service condition by sending a specially crafted SMB 2.0 packet to the target machine. Windows Vista and 7 are affected by this problem. 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 Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploit (CVE-2018-8495) Microsoft Windows Shell does not properly sanitize special characters in a URI, allowing the opening a dangerous files.

An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Exploit (CVE-2018-8414) Microsoft Windows Shell does not properly validate file paths, allowing the execution of ".SettingContent-ms" files from outside the "ImmersiveControlPanel" folder. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Shell File Association Vulnerability Exploit (MS14-027) Update When the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile" registry key is modified by this exploit and a Windows or third party service calls to the "ShellExecute" function, an invalid association file is produced, finalizing the attack with the execution of a crafted program instead of the original program.



This update fixes a regression introduced in version 2016_R1.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Shell File Association Vulnerability Exploit (MS14-027) When the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile" registry key is modified by this exploit and a Windows or third party service calls to the "ShellExecute" function, an invalid association file is produced, finalizing the attack with the execution of a crafted program instead of the original program. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Shell Briefcase Processing Integer Overflow Exploit(MS12-072) An integer overflow occurs in Windows Shell when accesing a crafted briefcase using webdav, allowing remote users execute arbitrary code. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Service Tracing Privilege Escalation Exploit (CVE-2020-0668) An arbitrary privileged file move operation exists in Microsoft Windows Service Tracing. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code with elevated permissions.



To exploit the vulnerability, a locally authenticated attacker could run a specially crafted application.



The security update addresses the vulnerability by ensuring the Windows Kernel properly handles objects in memory.
Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Secondary Logon Vulnerability Exploit (MS16-032) This module exploits a vulnerability in "Windows Secondary Logon Service" when it fails to properly manage request handles in memory. Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows SchRpcSetSecurity Local Privilege Escalation Exploit An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles calls to Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC).An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the local system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Windows 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
Microsoft Windows Schannel Heap Overflow DoS (MS14-066) 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. WARNING: This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. It is a pre-released versionin 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 Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Kernel Infinite Loop DoS Update This module sends a malformed NetBIOS packet which causes the execution of an infinite loop in the target system. This update adds support to Microsoft Windows 2008 and more Microsoft Windows 7 versions. This update adds support to Microsoft Windows as source agent spoofing a network address. Windows Denial of Service/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Kernel Infinite Loop DoS This module sends a malformed NetBIOS packet executing an infinite loop in the target. 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 Denial of Service/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol DoS (MS12-036) This modules exploits a kernel vulnerability in Microsoft Remote Desktop server by sending a sequence of specially crafted RDP packets to the target system. 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 Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol DoS (MS12-020) Update This update fixes the failure when running this module on multiple systems. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol DoS (MS12-020) This module triggers a memory corruption vulnerability in the Remote Desktop Service by sending a malformed packet to the 3389/TCP port. 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 Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol BlueKeep Use After Free Exploit Update 2 This update adds support for Windows 7 SP1 x64. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol BlueKeep Use After Free Exploit Update A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services formerly known as Terminal Services when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Bluekeep'.In this update more supported versions were added. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol BlueKeep Use After Free Exploit A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services formerly known as Terminal Services when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Bluekeep'. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol BlueKeep Remote Code Execution Exploit Update This update adds a drop-down menu in which users can select different scenarios with its corresponding "NON-PAGED POOL START ADDRESS" predefined. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact