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
MetaServer RT Packet Processing Remote DoS The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing certain packets and can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted packet sent to TCP port 2194. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Zen Cart record_company Remote Code Execution Exploit Update This update adds support for Mac OS X and Solaris platforms. Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Coppermine picEditor Remote Code Execution Exploit The include/imageObjectIM.class.php in Coppermine Photo Gallery (CPG) (before 1.4.15), when the ImageMagick picture processing method is configured, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a shell. Solaris, Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
AWStats migrate Remote Code Execution Exploit The web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the migrate parameter. Solaris, Linux, Mac OS X Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
WireShark openSAFETY Dissector DoS This module exploits a vulnerability in the WireShark openSAFETY dissector, sending a specially crafted openSAFETY packet over UDP, causing WireShark to crash. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
MSRPC Server Service Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS08-067) Update 5 This module exploits a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows Server service by sending a specially crafted RPC request. This update adds reliability when exploiting all supported platforms. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
OracleDB DBMS AW.EXECUTE CDA Command Remote Stack Overflow Exploit Oracle Database Server Core RDBMS component is prone to a remote vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit a stack-based buffer overflow in the EXECUTE procedure of DBMS_AW.

Using an overly long parameter in the CDA command with the previous procedure, a stack-based buffer overflow will occur, overwriting the saved return address.

This module requires database user credentials with 'Create Session' privilege.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Usermin Email Signature Command Injection Exploit The Usermin Control Panel is vulnerable to command injection due to the function get_signature in usermin/mailbox/mailbox-lib.pl, which calls open() without any prior validation.



This vulnerability allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code on the affected Usermin versions.
Solaris, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Linux TCP ICMPv6 Router Advertisement Flooding Vulnerability Denial of Service This module exploits a vulnerability in Linux kernel by sending a big number of Router Advertisement messages to the target. Windows, Linux Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Yokogawa Centum CS 3000 BKHOdeq Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack based buffer overflow in Yokogawa CENTUM CS 3000 by using its BKHOdeq.exe service.



The BKHOdeq.exe service, started when running the FCS / Test Function listens by default on TCP/20109, TCP/20171 and UDP/1240. By sending a specially crafted packet to the port TCP/20171 it is possible to trigger a stack based buffer overflow which allows execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the CENTUM user.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
HP SiteScope issueSiebelCmd Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in HP SiteScope. The vulnerability exists in the APISiteScopeImpl web service, specifically in the issueSiebelCmd method, which allows the user to execute arbitrary commands without authentication. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Remote Exploits File Header Update This update only modifies the description in the file header. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
AzeoTech DAQFactory NETB Datagram Parsing Buffer Overflow Exploit A Buffer Overflow exist in DAQFactory service who listens on the UDP port 20034 when logs the informations of the incoming NETB packets. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
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 Professional
Adobe ColdFusion locale Remote Code Execution Exploit An important vulnerability has been identified in ColdFusion version 8.0, 8.0.1, 9.0, 9.0.1 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX. This directory traversal vulnerability could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2010-2861). Adobe has provided a solution for this reported vulnerability. It recomends that users update their product. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
MSRPC _LlsrLicenseRequestW Remote Heap Overflow Exploit (MS09-064) This module exploits a remote heap-based overflow in the Microsoft Windows License Logging Service by sending a specially crafted RPC request. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Web Services on Devices Memory Corruption DoS (MS09-063) The vulnerability is caused due to a WSD message with a long header value, this can lead to memory corruption within the process hosting WSDApi.dll. This can cause the service or application to crash. To be clear, the vulnerability is in the Windows module used to interact with devices that support Web Services on Devices, and does not affect the devices themselves.


Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Active Directory Remote DoS (MS09-066) This module exploits an error in the Windows Active Directory implementation by sending a specially crafted LDAP request to crash the lsass.exe process, leading to the reboot of the target machine. Windows Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
InterSystems Cache Argument Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack overflow in InterSystems Cache by sending a specially crafted GET request. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional