CVE-2019-5624: Rapid7 Metasploit Framework suffers from an instance of CWE-22, Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in the Zip…

PriorityP340high7.3CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.76%

84.4th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
rapid7	metasploit	<= 4.14.0	—
rapid7	metasploit_framework	4.14.0 – 4.14.0	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv3.07.4HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvdv2.06.5MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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