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 Internet Explorer Exec Function Use After Free Exploit A use-after-free vulnerability in the CMshtmlEd::Exec function in mshtml.dll in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site, as exploited in the wild in September 2012. This module runs a web server waiting for vulnerable clients to connect to it. When the client connects, it will try to install an agent by exploiting this vulnerability. This is an early release module. This is not the final version of this module. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer Event Handling Exploit Update The vulnerability is caused due to a use-after-free error when handling events when the object firing the event is removed from the markup. This update improves the post-exploitation steps. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer Event Handling Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a use-after-free error when handling events when the object firing the event is removed from the markup. 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/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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CSS clip Attribute Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer when processing a special crafted html with CSS clip attribute. 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/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer COALineDashStyleArray Integer Overflow Exploit (MS13-037) This module exploits an integer overflow vulnerability in the Vector Markup Language (VML) on Internet Explorer. The vulnerability exists in the handling of the dashstyle.array length for VML shapes on the vgx.dll module. This vulnerability was one of the 2013's Pwn2Own challenges. 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/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CMarkup Object Use-After-Free Exploit(MS14-021) Update Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the CMarkup::IsConnectedToPrimaryMarkup function, as exploited in the wild in April 2014. This update adds support for Internet Explorer 8 and some specific patch versions of Internet Explorer 10 Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CMarkup Object Use-After-Free Exploit(MS14-021) Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the CMarkup::IsConnectedToPrimaryMarkup function, as exploited in the wild in April 2014. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CMarkup Object Use-After-Free Exploit (MS14-021) Update 3 Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the CMarkup::IsConnectedToPrimaryMarkup function, as exploited in the wild in April 2014. This update adds support for Internet Explorer 11. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CMarkup Object Use-After-Free Exploit (MS14-021) Update 2 Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 through 11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the CMarkup::IsConnectedToPrimaryMarkup function, as exploited in the wild in April 2014. This update solves an issue with the Internet Explorer version detection the module executes, that may show an error message in the browser and an indication of the browser not being supported in the web server module log, even when the version of the target browser is actually supported. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CInput Object Use-After-Free Exploit(MS14-035) A use after free vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability is due to accessing a freed CInput object in memory. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to open a malicious web page. In the case of successful exploitation, arbitrary attacker code would be executed in the security context of the target user. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CGenericElement Object Use-After-Free Exploit Use-after-free occurs when a CGenericElement object is freed, but a reference is kept live on the Document and reused during rendering. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CFunctionPointer Memory Corruption Exploit (MS09-002) This module exploits a memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 when handling a malformed HTML document. 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/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CFlatMarkupPointer Use-After-Free (MS13-059) Use after free in Internet Explorer when an invalid reference to CFlatMarkupPointer is used. Successful control of the freed memory may leverage arbitrary code execution under the context of the user. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CDisplayPointer Use-After-Free Exploit (MS13-080) Use after free in Internet Explorer when handling a CDisplayPointer object via the use of a "onpropertychange" event handler. Successful control of the freed memory may leverage arbitrary code execution under the context of the user. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CCaret Use-After-Free Exploit (MS13-069) Use after free in Internet Explorer when handling the caret (text cursor) object. Successful control of the freed memory may leverage arbitrary code execution under the context of the user. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CButton Object Use After Free Exploit Update Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a use after free vulnerability caused by an object that was not properly allocated or is deleted. This update adds support for additional target platforms. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CButton Object Use After Free Exploit Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a use after free vulnerability caused by an object that was not properly allocated or is deleted. 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/Client Side Impact
Microsoft Internet Explorer CardSpaceClaimCollection ActiveX Exploit (MS13-090) An integer overflow in the ActiveX control icardie.dll in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Microsoft IIS MS08-006 Exploit update 3 This module exploits a stack buffer overflow vulnerability present in Microsoft Internet Information Server versions 5.1 through 6.0. This update makes the name of the file used random to improve reliability, as well as avoid a system error when the file is used. It also adds the possibility of deploying multiple agents. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft IIS MS08-006 Exploit update This module exploits a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.1 through 6.0. This update adds support for 2003 Enterprise Sp1 and bypasses DEP in already supported platforms. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft IIS MS08-006 exploit This module exploits a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.1 through 6.0. WARNING: This is an early release module. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft IIS FastCGI HTTP Header Remote DoS (MS10-065) This module exploits a memory corruption in Microsoft Internet Information Server by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Microsoft IGMPv3 Exploit (MS08-001) This exploit installs an agent using an overflow vulnerability located in Microsoft Windows tcpip.sys Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft IGMPv3 DoS (MS08-001) This modules causes a Denial of Service in Microsoft Windows. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact