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CVE-2019-5624 — Rapid7 Metasploit Framework suffers from an instance of CWE-22, Improper Limitat

Rapid7 Metasploit Framework suffers from an instance of CWE-22, Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in the Zip import function of Metasploit. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in Meta

CVSS
7.4 HIGH
EPSS
4.54% (top 11.00%)
CWE
CWE-22
Published
2019-04-30T16:53:31.816Z
Last modified
2024-09-17T04:29:13.622Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Rapid7 Metasploit Framework suffers from an instance of CWE-22, Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in the Zip import function of Metasploit. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in Metasploit at the privilege level of the user running Metasploit. This issue affects: Rapid7 Metasploit Framework version 4.14.0 and…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Rapid7Metasploit Framework4.14.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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