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searchsploit

The Exploit Database is an archive of public exploits and corresponding vulnerable software, developed for use by penetration testers and vulnerability researchers.

Installation

Pre-installed in kali. Download it from: https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb Also:

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sudo apt install exploitdb -y

Basic usage

Default search is case insensitive:

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searchsploit <WhatYouAreLookingFor>

Example:

searchsploit results for ApPHP

If you want to have a look at those POCs, append the path provided to the root location for the searchsploit database (/usr/share/exploitdb/exploits).

Basic commands:

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searchsploit -t oracle windows
# -t, --title: Search JUST the exploit title (Default is title AND the file's path)

searchsploit -p 45788
# -p: Copy the Local path of the exploit to the clipboard

searchsploit -m 45788
# -m: Copy the exploit to current working directory

searchsploit linux kernel --exclude="(PoC)|/dos/"
# --exclude: Exclude from search

When viewing the output of a search, the field Path will indicate where in our machine the exploit is stored:

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searchsploit MS14-040

will return:

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------
 Exploit Title                                                                     |  Path
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Microsoft Windows 7 (x64) - 'afd.sys' Dangling Pointer Privilege Escalation (MS14- | windows_x86-64/local/39525.py
Microsoft Windows 7 (x86) - 'afd.sys' Dangling Pointer Privilege Escalation (MS14- | windows_x86/local/39446.py
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------
Shellcodes: No Results

For showing the web path to the exploit:

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searchsploit MS14-040 -w

will return:

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------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------
 Exploit Title                                                          |  URL
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Microsoft Windows 7 (x64) - 'afd.sys' Dangling Pointer Privilege Escala | https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39525
Microsoft Windows 7 (x86) - 'afd.sys' Dangling Pointer Privilege Escala | https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39446
------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------
Shellcodes: No Results
Last update: 2026-01-05
Created: May 23, 2023 15:01:08