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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Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Conficker Detector Exploit Update
This module connects to a remote target via any exposed DCE RPC endpoints and fingerprints them to determine if the machine appears to be compromised by the Conficker worm. This update adds RPT capabilities.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
Linux Kernel CONFIG_X86_X32 Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux Kernel. The X86_X32 recvmmsg syscall does not properly sanitize the timeout pointer passed from userspace and allows a local attacker to escalate privileges.
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.
Microsoft ASP.NET Hash Table Collisions DoS (MS11-100)
This module sends HTTP requests with specially crafted data making the ASP.NET subsystem consume lot of resources. This attack prevents the victim server from processing requests from legitimate clients and probably will make the server non-operational. 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.
Microsoft Windows Font Library File Buffer Overrun Vulnerability Exploit (MS11-077) Update
This update adds support to Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows 2008. When a crafted ".fon" file is loaded by Windows Kernel this produces a kernel heap overflow. This module exploits this vulnerability by filling the kernel memory via heap spraying and building a fake chunk header.
op5 Appliance contains an input validation flaw related to the system-portal component that allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands via command injection.
EMC NetWorker nsrd RPC Service Format String Exploit
A Format string vulnerability in the nsrd RPC service within EMC NetWorker? allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted message.
Microsoft Windows OLE Packager INF File Remote Code Execution Exploit (MS14-060)
The OLE packager component (packager.dll) of Microsoft Windows will automatically download remote files referenced in embedded OLE objects within Office documents. In the case of .INF installer files, packager.dll will automatically run them without prompting the user. This can be abused to gain arbitrary code execution by creating an Office document with an embedded OLE object containing a reference to a remote INF file with specially crafted commands. This vulnerability can be exploited by convincing an unsuspecting user to open a specially crafted PowerPoint document.
FreeFloat FTP Server Reply Buffer Overflow Exploit
FreeFloat FTP server is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability when handling overly long replies.
Windows
Exploits/Remote
Impact
CyberLink Power2Go dwmapi DLL Hijacking Exploit
CyberLink Power2Go is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of any library file named dwmapi.dll, if this dll is located in the same folder than a .P2G file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Silo wintab32 DLL Hijacking Exploit
Silo 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 .SIB file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Kingsoft Writer 2010 plgpf DLL Hijacking Exploit
Kingsoft Writer 2010 is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of plgpf.dll if this dll is located in the same folder than .WPS file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS clip Attribute Exploit Update
This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer when processing a special crafted html with CSS clip attribute. This update adds support for Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling the PEstrarg1 property and can be exploited to cause a heap overflow by assigning an overly long string to this property.
Microsoft Windows Administrator UAC Elevation Bypass
This module abuses a design flaw in the way Microsoft Windows implements a UAC whitelist. The flaw could allow a process running with Medium Integrity to elevate itself to High Integrity without a UAC prompt when the process is run from an account in the administrators group.
VUPlayer contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling .CUE files.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Maya Studio EO Video Playlist Buffer Overflow Exploit
Maya Studio EO-Video is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input when handling playlist files.
InduSoft Web Studio SCADA REVERB1 DLL Hijacking Exploit
InduSoft Web Studio SCADA is prone to a vulnerability that may allow execution of module REVERB1 if this dll is located in the same folder than .APP file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
Procyon Core Server HMI Scada Coreservice Buffer Overflow Exploit
Vulnerability in the coreservice.exe component of Procyon Core Server versions 1.13 and below. While processing a password, the application fails to do proper bounds checking before copying data into a buffer on the stack. This causes a buffer overflow and allows it to overwrite a structured exception handling record, allowing for unauthenticated remote code execution.
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder DLL Hijacking (MS10-094)
Windows Media Encoder is prone to a vulnerability that may allow the execution of an attacker supplied file named wmerrorENU.dll, if this dll is located in the same webdav/shared folder as a .PRX file.