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
Linux Overlayfs ovl_setattr Local Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in Linux. The ovl_setattr function in fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3 attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify the attributes of arbitrary overlay files via a crafted application. Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows OpenType Font Driver Vulnerability Exploit (MS15-078) Update 2 This module exploits a vulnerability in "atmfd.dll" Windows driver by loading a crafted OTF font.



This update adds support to "Low Integrity Level" bypass for "Windows 8.1" 64 bits and "Windows 2012" R2 by using a kernel memory leak (CVE-2015-2433).



Besides, this updates improves AV evasion.

Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Microsoft Office COM Object els.dll based Binary Planting Exploit (MS15-132) This module exploits a COM Server-based Binary Planting vulnerability on Microsoft Word to deploy an agent. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Linux abrt sosreport Symlink Privilege Escalation Exploit The sosreport program, a component of the ABRT bug reporting system used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, does not handle symbolic links correctly when writing core dumps of ABRT programs to the ABRT dump directory (/var/tmp/abrt). This can be leveraged by local unprivileged attackers to gain root privileges on vulnerable systems. Linux Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Jenkins Default Configuration Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a Jenkins command injection in order to install an agent. Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Phoenix Contact Arbitrary file upload clientside This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses in an arbitrary upload file on the client. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
Codesys webserver DoS 0-Day Remote Denial Of Service in Codesys web Server Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
MOXA VPort SDK ActiveX Exploit This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses in an attempt to install an OS agent on the client. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
VMware vCenter Server Java JMX-RMI Remote Code Execution Exploit VMware vCenter Server 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, also controlled, jar file.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Joomla User Agent Object Injection Exploit This module exploits a remote code execution vulnerability in Joomla. The session handling code is susceptible to PHP Object Injection attacks due to lack of sanitization in some HTTP headers that are saved to the database session backend.

Linux Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities Impact Professional
Joomla com_contenthistory SQL Injection This module exploits a SQL Injection vulnerability in Joomla which allows gathering of users and password hashes by parsing SQL output errors Linux Exploits / SQL Injection / Known Vulnerabilities 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
SolarWinds Application Monitor TSUnicodeGraphEditorControl factory Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 2 The specific flaw exists within the 'factory' object's loadExtensionFactory method. The issue lies in a failure to validate the size of an attacker-supplied input before copying it into a fixed-size buffer on the stack. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.

This version add x86_64 support.
Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Media Center MCL URL File Disclosure Exploit (MS15-134) Windows Media Center MCL files can specify a URL to be automatically loaded within Media Center.



A specially crafted MCL file can trick Windows Media Center into rendering the very same MCL file as a local HTML file within the application's embedded web browser. This can be leveraged by an attacker to read and exfiltrate arbitrary files from a victim's local fileystem by convincing an unsuspecting user to open an MCL file.

Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Borland AccuRev Reprise License Server edit_lf_process Write Arbitrary Files Exploit Update The specific flaw exists within the edit_lf_process resource of the AccuRev Reprise License Manager service. The issue lies in the ability to write arbitrary files with controlled data. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM.

This update introduces a number of improvements related to the architecture

of the agent installed and scenarios where multiple targets are tested.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Borland AccuRev Reprise License Server edit_lf_process Write Arbitrary Files Exploit Update 2 The specific flaw exists within the edit_lf_process resource of the AccuRev Reprise License Manager service. The issue lies in the ability to write arbitrary files with controlled data. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM.

This update introduces a number of improvements related to the architecture

of the agent installed and scenarios where multiple targets are tested.

This update adds reliability.
Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Kaspersky Antivirus ThinApp Parser Exploit Kaspersky Antivirus is prone to a buffer overflow when handling a specially crafted ThinApp compressed file. Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
SMB library fixes This update fixes an issue handling binary files which is present when running proxied. Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Oracle WebLogic Server commons-collections Java Library Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit Oracle WebLogic Server is prone to a remote vulnerability due to deserialization of untrusted inputs, allowing attackers to instantiate arbitrary Java objects leading to remote code execution. Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Abb Microscada ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Exploit This module will listen for HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and queue client side exploits as HTTP responses in an attempt to install an OS agent on the client. Exploits / Client Side SCADA
SpiderControl SCADA Editor Directory Traversal Vulnerability 0-day This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in SpiderControl SCADA Editor Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA
SpiderControl SCADA Editor Denial Of Service Exploit SpiderControl SCADA Editor Exploit DoS Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
Jenkins commons-collections Java Library Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit Jenkins is prone to a remote vulnerability due to deserialization of untrusted inputs, allowing attackers to instantiate arbitrary Java objects leading to remote code execution. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Code Execution Impact Professional
JBoss commons-collections Java Library Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit JBoss Application Server is prone to a remote vulnerability due to deserialization of untrusted inputs, allowing attackers to instantiate arbitrary Java objects leading to remote code execution. Windows, Linux Exploits / Remote Code Execution Impact Professional
IBM WebSphere commons-collections Java Library Deserialization Vulnerability Remote Code Execution Exploit IBM WebSphere Application Server is prone to a remote vulnerability due to deserialization of untrusted inputs, allowing attackers to instantiate arbitrary java objects leading to remote code execution. Windows Exploits / Remote Code Execution Impact Professional