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
Lutron Grafik Eye Designer activex This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Lutron HomeWorks Interactive activex This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Lutron HomeWorks Interactive activex 2 This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Advantech WebAccess(8.1) Dashboard Viewer arbitrary file upload This module exploits a arbitrary file upload and installs an agent into the target host. Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA
Apache Struts 2 DefaultActionMapper method Remote Code Execution Exploit The DefaultActionMapper class in Apache Struts 2 supports a Dynamic Method Invocation feature via the "method:" prefix. The information contained in this prefix is not properly sanitized before being evaluated as OGNL expressions on the server side, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Java code on the server.



This module exploits the vulnerability in any web application built on top of vulnerable versions of the Apache Struts 2 framework with the "struts.enable.DynamicMethodInvocation" configuration parameter in struts.xml set to True.

Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Integer Overflow Exploit (MS16-039) This module exploits a "win32k.sys" integer overflow in Windows kernel by calling to "PathToRegion" function with crafted parameters. Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Mimikatz module Update Mimikatz module enhancement for non-ASCII characters. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Reprise License Manager edit_lf_process Write Arbitrary Files Exploit Update 4 The specific flaw exists within the edit_lf_process resource of the Reprise License Manager service. The issue lies in the ability to write arbitrary files with controlled data. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM.

This update specify information about vulnerable targets and add more targets.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Media Center .MCL File Processing Remote Code Execution (MS16-059) Microsoft Windows Media Center (all versions prior to May 11th, 2016) contains a remote code execution upon processing specially crafted .MCL files. The vulnerability exists because Windows Media Center does not correctly processes paths in the "Run" parameter of the "Application" tag, bypassing the usual security warning displayed upon trying to run programs residing on remote (WebDAV/SMB) shares. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Protector EXEC_BAR User Name Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within OmniInet.exe which listens by default on TCP port 5555. When parsing a malformed user name field in a request, the process blindly copies user supplied data into a fixed-length stack buffer. A remote attacker can abuse this to execute remote code under the context of SYSTEM. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
ManageEngine OpManager Exploit ManageEngine OpManager is vulnerable to abuse a SQL query functionality that allows attackers to insert and export a crafted WAR using 'IntegrationUser' hidden account credentials allowing us to install an agent. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Send Agent by E-Mail Update This update resolves an error that can occur using Excel file. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Vulnerabilities tab in Quick Information view Update This update resolves an issue with displaying certain vulnerabilities in the Quick Information view. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Linux Kernel CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL Local Privilege Escalation Exploit Update This module exploits a user-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel.


Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Linux Kernel CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL Local Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a user-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel.


Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Microsoft MSHTML dll based Binary Planting Exploit (MS16-037) Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 ships with MSHTML.DLL referencing various

DLLs which are not present on a Windows 7 SP1 installationd.In addition certain applications like Microsoft

Word,Excel,Powerpoint,Project,powershell etc , as well as a certain number

of third party software are prone to remote binary planting due to using

MSHTML.DLL in some ways.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Image Magick Command Injection Exploit Insufficient input validation in ImageMagick can lead to code execution when processing with certain types of files. This update introduces a module that generates an MVG format file that, when manipulated by the vulnerable versions of ImageMagick tools, deploys an agent in the supported systems. Linux Exploits / Tools Impact Professional
glibc getaddrinfo Buffer Overflow Verifier This module executes a program designed to check for a buffer overflow in glibc's getaddrinfo function. Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the send_dg and send_vc functions in the libresolv library in the GNU C Library allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response that triggers a call to the getaddrinfo function with the AF_UNSPEC or AF_INET6 address family. Linux Exploits / Tools Impact Professional
MOXA Mass Configurator Tool DoS Remote Denial Of Service in MOXA Mass Configuration Tool 1.0.0.1 Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
Carlo Gavazzi ISGA Smart MPPT Inverter DoS 0Day Remote Denial Of Service in ISGA Smart MPPT Inverter. Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
Yaskawa SigmaWin Plus ActiveX Arbitrary File Delete Exploit 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 SCADA
OpenSSH xauth Command Injection Vulnerability Exploit An authenticated user may inject arbitrary xauth commands by sending an x11 channel request that includes a newline character in the x11 cookie.

The newline acts as a command separator to the xauth binary.

The injected xauth commands are performed with the effective permissions of the logged in user.

This attack requires the server to have 'X11Forwarding yes' enabled.

This module injects source xauth command to retrieve arbitrary files.
Linux Exploits / Remote File Disclosure Impact Professional
Reprise License Manager activate_doit Command actserver Parameter Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2 The specific flaw exists within the activate_doit function of the service. The issue lies in the handling of the server parameter which can result in overflowing a stack-based buffer.

This update introduces more accurate information about vulnerable targets.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Reprise License Manager edit_lf_process Write Arbitrary Files Exploit Update 3 The specific flaw exists within the edit_lf_process resource of the Reprise License Manager service. The issue lies in the ability to write arbitrary files with controlled data. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM.

This update introduces more accurate information about vulnerable targets.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Atlassian Bamboo commons-collections Java Library Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit Atlassian Bamboo is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to take advantage of a deserialization vulnerability present in the commons-collections Java library.



By exploiting known methods, it is possible to remotely load a InvokerTransformer Java class, which allows the execution of system commands.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional