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
freeSSHd SSH Server Authentication Bypass Remote Code Execution Exploit Update This update modifies the application version displayed in Quick Information CVE-2012-6066 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Chasys Draw IES BMP Image Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within flt_BMP.dll when processing BMP images and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via specially crafted "biPlanes" and "biBitCount" fields. CVE-2013-3928 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
ABBS Audio Media Player Buffer Overflow Exploit ABBS Audio Media Player contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in ABBS when handling .lst files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .lst file. NOCVE-9999-58468 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
GroundWork monarch_scan.cgi Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability found in GroundWork 6.7.0. This software is used for network, application and cloud monitoring. The vulnerability exists in the monarch_scan.cgi, where user controlled input is used in the perl qx function, which allows any remote authenticated attacker, whatever his privileges are, to inject system commands and gain arbitrary code execution. CVE-2013-3502 Linux Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
OpenSSL DTLS ChangeCipherSpec DoS ssl/s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a DTLS ChangeCipherSpec packet that occurs before ClientHello. CVE-2009-1386 Linux, FreeBSD Denial of Service / Remote Impact Professional
XnView PSP Image Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit A vulnerability when processing PSP files can be exploited to cause a stack based buffer overflow via a specially crafted file. CVE-2013-3492 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
DJ Studio Pro SEH Overflow Exploit DJ Studio Pro contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the application when handling .pls files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .pls file. This overflow allows to overwrite an SEH pointer, generate and exception and execute arbitrary code. NOCVE-9999-58778 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
PHP Charts Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in PHP Charts 1.0. The url.php script eval()s every single GET key/value pair. Leading to code execution. NOCVE-9999-57634 Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Apple Quicktime Invalid Atom Length Buffer Overflow Exploit Buffer Overflow when Quicktime fails to properly handle the data length for certain atoms such as 'rdrf' or 'dref' in the Alis record by loading a specially crafted .MOV file. CVE-2013-1017 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Artweaver AWD File Processing Memory Corruption Exploit Artweaver is prone to a Memory Corruption when handling a specially crafted AWD files. CVE-2013-2576 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
WM Downloader M3U Buffer OverFlow Exploit WM Downloader contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in WM Downloader when handling .M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .M3U file. NOCVE-9999-51869 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
MinaliC Webserver GET Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the handling of HTTP "GET" requests. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted overly long request. This request must avoid some special characters in order to cause the overflow. NOCVE-9999-58667 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Ultra Mini HTTPD Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within Mini HTTPD 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. Arbitrary code can be directly executed by overwriting a return address. NOCVE-9999-58901 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
ERDAS ER Viewer rf_report_error Buffer Overflow Exploit A buffer overflow within the "rf_report_error()" function (ermapper_u.dll) when parsing ERS files exist in ERDAS ER VIEWER. CVE-2013-3482 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Windows Win32k Read AV Vulnerability (MS13-053) This module exploits a vulnerability in win32k.sys when the EPATHOBJ::pprFlattenRec() doesn't initialize the pointer to the next memory chunk.



This is only a documentation update of the original module "Microsoft Windows Win32k pprFlattenRec Vulnerability Exploit".



 CVE-2013-3660 Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
Novell Client 2 NICM.SYS Privilege Escalation Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability in the NICM.SYS driver shipped with Novell Client 2 when handling specially crafted IOCTL requests. CVE-2013-3956 Windows Exploits / Local Impact Professional
PCMan FTP Server USER Command Buffer Overflow Exploit PCMan's FTP Server is prone to a buffer-overflow when handling an overly long USER command.

 NOCVE-9999-58668 Windows Exploits / Remote Impact Professional
Corel PDF Fusion XPS Processing Buffer Overflow Exploit Corel PDF Fusion is prone to a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability when parsing long names in ZIP directory entries within an XPS file. CVE-2013-3248 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
Microsoft Silverlight Double Dereference Exploit (MS13-022) A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Silverlight that can allow a specially crafted Silverlight application to access memory in an unsafe manner. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the security context of the current user. CVE-2013-0074 Windows Exploits / Client Side Impact Professional
PlantVisor CarelDataServer Directory Traversal Vulnerability This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in Carel PlantVisor CaewlDataServer.exe service. CVE-2011-3487 Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA
Kaskad Daserver Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a memory corruption to installs an agent into the target host. Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA
Atvise webMI2ADS Directory Traversal Vulnerability This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in Atvise webMI2ADS server. CVE-2011-4880 Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA
ICPDAS EZ Data Logger 0-Day DoS This module causes a Denial of Service in ICPDAS EZ Data Logger. Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
Advantech Studio 6.1 Web server DoS Remote Denial Of Service in Advantech Studio Web server Windows Denial of Service / Remote SCADA
Ge Fanuc Cimplicity Webserver Directory Traversal Vulnerability This module exploits a directory traversal vulnerability in Cimplicity Webserver web interface. Windows Exploits / Remote SCADA