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
Winamp Computer Name Handling Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a vulnerability in Winamp 5.12. This Update adds support for Impact v9 and Windows XP SP3. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
DXStudio Firefox Plugin Remote Command Execution Exploit This module exploits a remote command execution vulnerability in DX Studio Player plugin for Firefox via an specially crafted .dxstudio file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
FreeBSD mount Local Privilege Escalation Exploit FreeBSD is prone to multiple stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerabilities because the kernel fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. If the system is configured to allow unprivileged users to mount file systems, it is possible for a local adversary to exploit this vulnerability and execute code in the context of the kernel. FreeBSD Exploits/Local Impact
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Impersonation Exploit Reliability Enhancement This updates improves the reliability and AV Evasion capabilities of the Microsoft Windows Print Spooler Service Impersonation Exploit, Package and Register, Send Agent by Email, Install agent using SMB and Install agent using SSH modules when run against Windows targets. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Windows CSRSS SrvSetConsoleNumberOfCommand Exploit (MS11-056) This module exploits a vulnerability on Microsoft Windows "CSRSS.EXE" process setting the command history number in a value greater than 0x7fff. Windows Exploits/Local Impact
IBM Tivoli Endpoint lcfd opts Argument Buffer Overflow Exploit This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Endpoint by sending a specially crafted HTTP request. The specific flaw exists within the lcfd.exe process which listens by default on TCP port 9495. To reach this page remotely authentication is required. However, by abusing a built-in account an attacker can access the restricted pages. While parsing requests to one of these, the process blindly copies the contents of a POST variable to a 256 byte stack buffer. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Adobe ColdFusion APSB13-03 Remote Code Execution Exploit Adobe ColdFusion is vulnerable to a remote authentication-bypass, allowing the attacker to upload an agent and execute it. The agent may have SYSTEM privileges if ColdFusion is installed as a service in Windows. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
PineApp Mail-SeCure ldapsynchnow.php Remote Code Execution Exploit This module exploits a vulnerability present in PineApp Mail-SeCure. The specific flaw exists within the component ldapsynchnow.php, which lacks proper sanitization, thus allowing command injection. Linux Exploits/Remote Impact
Adobe Reader ToolButton Use-After-Free Exploit This module exploits a Use-After-Free vulnerability in Adobe Reader when handling a specially crafted PDF file. This module runs a malicious web site on the CORE IMPACT Console and waits for an unsuspecting user to trigger the exploit by connecting to the web site. 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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Ultra Mini HTTPD Stack Buffer Overflow Exploit Update 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. This update only adds CVE Number. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Avaya Windows Portable Device Manager (WinPDM) Buffer Overfow Exploit A boundary error in the Unite Host Router service (UniteHostRouter.exe) when processing certain requests can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
7T Interactive Graphical SCADA System IGSSdataServer Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit Update This module exploits a remote stack-based buffer overflow in IGSSdataServer by sending a malformed packet to the 12401/TCP port. This version add CVE. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
Microsoft Office Excel RTD Data Record Processing Stack Overwrite Exploit (MS11-021) The flaw exists within the methods used for RealTimeData Record Parsing. When handling a stTopic field has a bit set specifying double byte characters in the following field the value of a global pointer is improperly calculated. 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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Bugtracker.net edit_comment Cross Site Scripting Exploit The application fails to sanitize the bug_id parameter in several pages such as edit_comment and edit_bug, leading to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities Impact
AOL Desktop RTX Buffer Overflow Exploit A buffer overflow in AOL Desktop allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via crafted .RTX file. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
VideoCharge Studio VSC File Buffer Overflow Exploit Video Charge Studio is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability when parsing a malicious VSC files with a long Filename value field. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
VLC Media Player libmodplug Buffer Overflow Exploit VLC Media Player is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability due to insufficient validation of user supplied data. An attacker is able to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user when opening malicious .S3M media files. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Kingview SCADA HMI HistorySvr Heap Overflow Exploit KingView Scada is vulnerable to a buffer overflow error in the "HistorySvr.exe" module when processing malformed packets sent to port 777/TCP. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
TYPSoft FTP Server RETR DoS This module shuts down the TYPSoft FTP Server because it fails to properly handle user-supplied malformed packets using for login the Anonymous user provided by default for the program Windows Denial of Service/Remote Impact
Netmechanica NetDecision HTTP Server Buffer Overflow Exploit A buffer overflow in NetDecision's HTTP service is exploited when a long URL is managed by the HTTP Server's active window. For successfull exploitation, the victim need to have the HttpSvr's window open. Windows Exploits/Remote Impact
CA Total Defense UNCWS Web Service exportReport Remote Code Execution Exploit The UNCWS Web Service component of CA Total Defense listens for SOAP requests. The exportReport method makes use of the uncsp_GenerateReports_Dashboard stored procedure, which is vulnerable to SQL Injection. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable machine with SYSTEM privileges. Windows Exploits/Remote Code Execution Impact
Microsoft Word MSCOMCTL TabStrip Control Use-after-free Exploit(MS12-060) Update A Memory Corruption in Microsoft Word is caused due to an error within the TabStrip ActiveX control (MSCOMCTL.OCX) object, embedded in a RTF crafted file. This update adds support for Impact 12.5. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
UPnP Vulnerability Checker This module checks for vulnerabilities in UPnP-enabled systems. It sends a SSDP "M-SEARCH" packet to the multicast group (239.255.255.250) and checks for known banners corresponding to vulnerable UPnP SDK versions. none Exploits/Tools Impact
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. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact
Oracle Document Capture BlackIceDevMode ActiveX Buffer Overflow Exploit The Import Server component of Oracle WebCenter Capture is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability. This could allow command execution when a user loads a web page which calls the SetAnnotationFont method of the BlackIceDevMode.ocx ActiveX control with a overly long string argument. Windows Exploits/Client Side Impact