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 Print Spooler Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS09-022) This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the EnumeratePrintShares function in the Print Spooler Service in Microsoft Windows to install an agent in the target machine. CVE-2009-0228 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
ISC BIND Dynamic Update Message DoS Exploit A vulnerability has been identified in ISC BIND, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused due to the "dns_db_findrdataset()" function failing when the prerequisite section of a dynamic update message contains a record of type "ANY" and where at least one RRset for this FQDN exists on the server, which could allow attackers to cause a vulnerable server to exit when receiving a specially crafted dynamic update message sent to a zone for which the server is the master. CVE-2009-0696 Solaris, AIX, Linux, Mac OS X Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Integard Pro NoJs Parameter Buffer Overflow Exploit Integard Pro is prone to a buffer overflow when handling a specially crafted HTTP POST request. CVE-2019-16702 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Novell Client NetIdentity Agent Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Novell Netware Client when sending a specially crafted RPC packet over the XTIERRPCPIPE named pipe. CVE-2009-1350 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop DejaBlue DoS A denial of service vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services -formerly known as Terminal Services- when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. CVE-2019-1181 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact
PHPMyAdmin Server_databases Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in PHPMyAdmin. server_databases.php fails when it attemps to sanitize the sort_by parameter. It allows an attacker to inject code, and execute it on the web server with www-data privileges. CVE-2008-4096 Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol BlueKeep Use After Free Exploit A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Remote Desktop Services formerly known as Terminal Services when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests, aka 'Bluekeep'. CVE-2019-0708 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
ProSysInfo TFTPDWIN Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability during the processing of requested resources to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by requesting a resource with an overly long name.

 CVE-2006-4948 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
DATAC RealWin SCADA Server Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in RealWin SCADA Server. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely by sending a specially crafted packet to port TCP/910. CVE-2008-4322 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Apache mod_php Exploit Update 2 This update fixes an issue with the 'reuse connection' mode on Impact V7.5 CVE-2002-0081 Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
WireShark LDAP Dissector DoS This module exploits a vulnerability in the WireShark LDAP dissector, sending a specially crafted LDAP packet, causing WireShark to crash. CVE-2008-1562 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
SAP MaxDB Remote Command Injection Exploit Update This update adds the CVE number of the vulnerability to the module. CVE-2008-0244 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Ipswitch IMail Search On Exploit update for IMPACT 7.5 This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the Ipswitch Imail Server 2006.0 and 2006.1. CVE-2007-2795 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP OpenView Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Shared Trace Service (ovtrcsvc.exe) of the HP OpenView application. The exploit triggers a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted packet to port 5053/TCP of the vulnerable system and installs an agent if successful. CVE-2007-3872 Windows, Solaris Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
PCMan FTP Server USER Command Buffer Overflow Exploit Update PCMan's FTP Server is prone to a buffer-overflow when handling an overly long USER command. This update improves the exploit reliability. CVE-2013-4730 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
Tivoli Storage Manager Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Express CAD Service 5.3. CVE-2007-4880 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Imatix Xitami If-Modified-Since Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a remote stack buffer overflow in the Xitami Server version 2.5c CVE-2007-5067 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Ipswitch IMail login exploit update This package updates the Ipswitch IMail login exploit. CVE-2005-1255 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center dbman Opcode 10007 Command Injection Exploit The specific flaw exists within the dbman.exe service, which listens on TCP port 2810 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. CVE-2017-5817 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact
LANDesk Management Suite Alert Service Exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Alert Service (aolnsrvr.exe) component of LANDesk Management Suite 8.7 and installs an agent if successful. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely by sending a specially crafted packet to port UDP/65535.

 CVE-2007-1674 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
ProFTPD sreplace buffer overflow exploit ProFTPD is prone to an remote buffer-overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to an off-by-one error, allowing attackers to corrupt memory. CVE-2006-5815 Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Novell eDirectory HTTP Protocol exploit This module exploits a buffer overflow in Novell eDirectory HTTP Protocol. CVE-2006-5478 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
DCERPC Authentication and Encryption support This update will add DCERPC encryption to some MSRPC exploits.

The result is that, when enabled, all the 'Stub data' for DCERPC requests will be encrypted, thus hiding the real content. 		CVE-2003-0352 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Mimikatz module Update Mimikatz module enhancement for non-ASCII characters. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Protocol DoS (MS12-036) This modules exploits a kernel vulnerability in Microsoft Remote Desktop server by sending a sequence of specially crafted RDP packets to the target system.



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.

 CVE-2012-0173 Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional