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 TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability DoS (MS11-087) When a crafted TTF file is processed by Windows kernel it produces a stack exhaustion finishing it in a BSoD. 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/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows TrueType Font Parsing Vulnerability Clientside DoS (MS11-087) When a crafted TTF file is processed by Windows kernel it produces a stack exhaustion finishing it in a BSoD. 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/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows TrueType Font File Vulnerability DoS (MS12-075) This module causes a BSOD in Microsoft Windows when parsing a specially crafted .TTF font file. Windows Denial of Service/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Tracing Registry Key ACL Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS10-059) An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows places incorrect access control lists (ACLs) on the registry keys for the Tracing Feature for Services. The vulnerability allows local attackers running code under an account with impersonation rights, like NETWORK SERVICE, to gain SYSTEM privileges. 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. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Token Kidnapping Local Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS09-012) This module exploits a vulnerability in the way that Microsoft Windows manages the RPCSS service and improperly isolates processes running under the NetworkService or LocalService accounts. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with System privileges. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Theme File Handling Exploit (MS13-071) The vulnerability is caused due to an error when handling theme and screensaver files. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Telnet Server ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket DoS (MS15-002) Update A stack-based buffer overflow in the ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket function in the Microsoft Telnet Server Helper (tlntsess.exe) can be used by remote unauthenticated attackers to render the Telnet server unresponsive. This update improves the way in which this module detects if the attack was successful. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows Telnet Server ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket DoS (MS15-002) A stack-based buffer overflow in the ProcessDataReceivedOnSocket function in the Microsoft Telnet Server Helper (tlntsess.exe) can be used by remote unauthenticated attackers to render the Telnet server unresponsive. 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 Telnet Credential Reflection Exploit (MS09-042) Update This module exploits a vulnerability on telnet.exe using the SMB relay attack. This update adds support for client-side mode. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Windows Telnet Credential Reflection (MS09-042) This module exploits a vulnerability on telnet.exe using SMB relay attack. 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/Tools Impact
Microsoft Windows Telephony Service exploit Update This module connects to Telephony Service and sends a message via lineSetAppPriorityW winapi32 producing a buffer overflow and installs an agent. This update fixes a bug that occurs when this module is launched by RPT, with a newer Windows platform such as Windows Seven as target. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Telephony Service exploit This module connects to Telephony Service and sends a message via lineSetAppPriorityW winapi32 producing a buffer overflow and installs an agent. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows TCPIP Timestamp Remote DoS (MS09-048) This module exploits a memory corruption in the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP implementation by sending a sequence of TCP/IP packets with a specially crafted Timestamp values. 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/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows TCPIP SACK Remote DoS (MS10-009) This module exploits a memory corruption in the Microsoft Windows TCP/IP implementation by sending a sequence of TCP/IP packets with a specially crafted Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) values. 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 TCPIP QoS Remote DoS (MS11-064) This module triggers a remote denial of service condition on Microsoft Windows (BSoD) by sending a specially crafted sequence of HTTP requests. 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 TCP TimeStamp Option Vulnerability DoS (MS14-031) Update This module exploits a vulnerability in "tcpip.sys" by sending a large number of TCP packets with the Time Stamp option enabled. This update adds support to network configuration parameters. Besides, this update includes Windows 8.1 as supported. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows TCP TimeStamp Option Vulnerability DoS (MS14-031) This module exploits a vulnerability in "tcpip.sys" by sending a large number of TCP packets with the Time Stamp option enabled. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows TCP IPv6 Router Advertisement Message DoS (MS14-006) This module exploits a vulnerability in tcpip.sys by sending a big number of router advertisement messages to the target causing a stop responding behavior. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows TCP IP Arbitrary Write Local Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS14-070) The TCP/IP Driver (tcpip.sys) present in Microsoft Windows fails to sufficiently validate memory objects used during the processing of a user-provided IOCTL. This module allows a local unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by sending a specially crafted IOCTL (0x00120028) to the vulnerable driver. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Service Privilege Escalation Exploit Update This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Service. This vulnerability is currently exploited by the Stuxnet malware. This update adds support for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 x64. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Service Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Service. This vulnerability is currently exploited by the Stuxnet malware. 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/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Exploit An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the way the Task Scheduler Service validates certain file operations. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain elevated privileges on a victim system. Windows Exploits / Local Impact
Microsoft Windows SystemDefaultEUDCFont Privilege Escalation Exploit Update This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows by setting a specially crafted SystemDefaultEUDCFont value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\EUDC Registry key, and then calling EnableEUDC() function in GDI32 library. It will enable local unprivileged users to gain SYSTEM privileges. This update adds support for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows SystemDefaultEUDCFont Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a privilege escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Windows by setting a specially crafted SystemDefaultEUDCFont value in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\EUDC Registry key, and then calling EnableEUDC() function in GDI32 library. It will enable local unprivileged users to gain SYSTEM privileges. 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. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Sysret Instruction Privilege Escalation Exploit (MS12-042) Update On Intel CPUs, sysret to non-canonical addresses causes a fault on the sysret instruction itself after the stack pointer is set to guest value but before the current privilege level (CPL) is changed. Windows is vulnerable due to the way the Windows User Mode Scheduler handles system requests. This module exploits the vulnerability and installs an agent with system privileges. This update fixes an issue in the documentation. Windows Exploits/Local Impact