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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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Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
SNMP OS Detect and Identity Verifier Update V2
This update extends the information gathered to include CVE-1999-0516 and CVE-1999-0517 when present in the target.
Exploits / Remote
Impact Professional
Web App Authentication Testing Improvement
Improvement on Web Application Authentication Testing parameters to use a high number of values between the authentication probes.
Exploits / Authentication Weakness
Impact Professional
Magento eCommerce Web Sites Remote Code Execution Exploit
Magento eCommerce Web Sites suffers from a Authentication Bypass Vulnerability, a Blind SQL Injection Vulnerability and a Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability.
These 3 vulnerabilities, allows an attacker to gain arbitrary code execution on the affected system.
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Load Library Vulnerability Exploit (MS09-022)
This module takes advantage of an insufficient library path check in spoolsv.exe service loading a dll with system user privileges.
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.
CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup Media Server Exploit Update
This module exploits a buffer overflow in the handling of RPC data in the Computer Associates BrightStor ARCServe Backup Media Server service (mediasvr.exe) which is a component of BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Engine.
This update adds support for Windows 2003 SP1 and SP2, Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
Microsoft Windows SMB Buffer Underflow Exploit (MS08-063) Update
This update add support to Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 Professional, Server, Advanced Server and Windows 2003 SP0 Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DOC file that triggers memory corruption.
This module exploits a buffer overflow in WebViewFolderIcon ActiveX control of Microsoft Internet Explorer and installs an agent. This update adds support for more platforms.
Linux Blueman D-Bus Service EnableNetwork Privilege Escalation Exploit
The EnableNetwork method in the org.blueman.Mechanism D-Bus service of Blueman, a Bluetooth Manager, receives untrusted Python code provided by unprivileged users and evaluates it as root.
This can be leveraged by a local unprivileged attacker to gain root privileges.
Apple Mac OS X DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE Privilege Escalation Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability present in Mac OS X. dyld in Apple OS X before 10.10.5 does not properly validate pathnames in the environment, which allows local users to gain root privileges via the DYLD_PRINT_TO_FILE environment variable.
Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Memory Corruption Exploit (MS10-067)
Microsoft WordPad is prone to a memory corruption vulnerability, because the Word 97 Text Converter does not properly parse certain structures in a Word 97 file.
This vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, by enticing an unsuspecting user to open a specially crafted .DOC file with Microsoft WordPad.
Due to failure to handle exceptional conditions, a NULL pointer is dereferenced by the FreeBSD kernel allowing to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory. This module exploits the vulnerability to install an agent with root privileges.
Microsoft Office Excel RTD Buffer Overflow Exploit (MS10-038)
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file with a malformed RTD (0x813) record, aka "Excel RTD Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
Microsoft .NET Framework CLR Virtual Method Delegate Exploit (MS10-060)
The Common Language Runtime (CLR) in Microsoft .NET Framework does not properly handle interfaces and delegations to virtual methods. This module exploits the vulnerability through Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Evinco CamShot GET Request Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a vulnerability in the CamShot Module (camshot.exe) that can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted, overly long HTTP GET request to TCP port where the server is listening.
IBM Informix librpc Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a remote buffer overflow in the RPC protocol parsing library (librpc.dll) included on IBM Informix Dynamic Server by sending a specially crafted authentication packet to the 36890/TCP port.
JBoss Application Server DeploymentFileRepository Remote Code Execution Exploit
A directory traversal vulnerability in the DeploymentFileRepository class in JBoss Application Server allows remote attackers who are able to access the console manager to create files on arbitrary locations of the filesystem. This can be abused to gain execution of arbitrary code by sending special HTTP requests to the JMX Console.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Sound Data Exploit (MS09-017)
Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sound data in a file that uses a PowerPoint 95 native file format.
Apple Safari parent.close Code Execution Exploit Update
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of parent windows and can result in a function call using an invalid pointer. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a specially crafted web page and closes opened pop-up windows.
HP OpenView NNM getnnmdata Hostname CGI Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in the getnnmdata.exe CGI application, a component of HP OpenView Network Node Manager, by sending an HTTP request with an invalid value for the Hostname parameter.