Attacker Value
Very Low
(1 user assessed)
Exploitability
Moderate
(1 user assessed)
User Interaction
Unknown
Privileges Required
Unknown
Attack Vector
Unknown
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Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Zip Import Directory Traversal

Last updated February 13, 2020
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Description

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 prior versions.

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  • Attacker Value
    Very Low
  • Exploitability
    Medium
Technical Analysis

This vulnerability had been in Metasploit Framework for some time, but requires an attacker to achieve some level of social engineering to be effective. Basically, don’t import random things into Metasploit Framework!

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