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
MSRPC Server Service Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-067) Update 3 This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Server service by sending a specially crafted RPC request. This update adds support for Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition sp2 with DEP enabled.

This update also adds support for XP SP2 and 2003 SP1 as well as improves the reliability of the exploit against all supported platforms.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Jenkins CLI Arbitrary File Read Exploit This vulnerability in Jenkins allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files in the Jenkins controller's file system. It arises from a function in the CLI command parser that replaces an '@' character followed by a file path with the file's content. By exploiting this vulnerability, attackers can gain unauthorized access to sensitive files and compromise the system's integrity. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact
Supported services list update This package updates the list of network service TCP and UDP ports known to the Impact exploits framework. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
SMB library fixes This update fixes an issue handling binary files which is present when running proxied. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
AlienVault Unified Security Management av-forward Deserialization of Untrusted Data Exploit This update introduces an exploit for AlienVault Unified Security Management. A vulnerability exists in the av-forward daemon running in AlienVault Unified Security Management appliances. The daemon accepts serialized Python and proceeds to deserialize it without proper validation, allowing unauthenticated arbitrary code execution. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MS SMB 2.0 Negociate Protocol Request Remote BSOD Exploit Update This update improves the exploit reliability.



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 Professional
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 Professional
MSRPC DNS Server Exploit Update Added support for Windows 2003 Standard Edition SP0 and SP1. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MSRPC Netware Client CSNW Overflow exploit update This module exploits a buffer overflow in Client Service for NetWare (CSNW) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MSRPC Netware Client CSNW Overflow exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in Client Service for NetWare (CSNW) in Microsoft Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted messages. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Advantech WebAccess webvrpcs Service DrawSrv TagGroup Buffer Overflow Exploit The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the 0x280A IOCTL in the DrawSrv subsystem. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in a call to strcpy. An attacker can use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of an administrator of the system. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows SMB Pool Overflow DoS (MS10-054) This module exploits a Windows kernel remote vulnerability on the srv.sys driver via a malformed SMB packet.

It could allow an attacker to connect to a shared folder and send a specially crafted SMB message to an affected system exploiting the target and installing an agent.


Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Asterisk T.38 buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the T38FaxRateManagement parameter when parsing SIP/SDP requests in 1.4.x prior to 1.4.3.

This update improves the reliability of the module.
Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MSRPC CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup ReportRemoteExecuteCML Buffer Overflow Exploit CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup is prone to a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability on the RPC interface that could permit the execution of arbitrary remote code. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and completely compromise the computer. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows SRV.SYS Server Driver DoS (MS06-035) A boundary error in the Server service (SRV.SYS) when handling first-class Mailslot messages can be exploited to corrupt memory by sending a specially crafted packet to the service. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Adobe RoboHelp Server File Upload Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a remote .JSP code injection in Adobe RoboHelp Server by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the affected service. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Httpdx Web Server GET Request Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within Httpdx when processing HTTP GET Request. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to the affected command. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Soulseek Server Peer Search Buffer Overflow Exploit The application is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability

that occurs because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on

user-supplied data. Specifically, this issue occurs when performing a

direct peer file search.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Symantec System Center Alert Management System Command Execution Exploit The AMS2 (Alert Management Systems 2) component of multiple Symantec products is prone to a remote command-execution vulnerability because the software fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Apache Solr ENABLE_REMOTE_JMX_OPTS JMX-RMI Remote Code Execution Exploit Apache Solr is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to take advantage of an insecure deployment of the JMX/RMI service used to manage and monitor the Java Virtual Machine.

By exploiting known methods, it is possible to remotely load an MLet file from an attacker controlled web server that points at a jar file.
Linux Exploits / Remote Impact
Mercury SMTPD CRAM-MD5 Pre-Auth Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the Mercury Mail Transport System. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within Mercury/32 SMTP Server Module (mercurys.dll) when processing arguments to the AUTH CRAM-MD5 command. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long, specially-crafted argument passed to the affected command.



This update adds support for DEP (Data Execution Prevention).
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Mantis Manage_proj_page Remote Code Execution This module exploits a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Mantis version 1.1.3 caused by Mantis handling the sort parameter in manage_proj_page without the proper validation. This allows for remote code execution on Mantis' Web server. Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MAPLE Computer SNMP Administrator Exploit v19_1 Maple Computer SNMP Administrator is prone to a buffer-overflow by sending a specially crafted packet with an overly long string on port 987. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Alt-N Security Gateway Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2 This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Alt-N Security Gateway by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the TCP port 4000.

This update add the CVE number.

Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MS17-010 exploit updates This update adds support for new platforms to the MS17-010 exploitation such as Windows 7 Embedded Standard edition, and also 32 bits targets. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact