FKIE_CVE-2017-5231

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-02 20:59 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
7.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Summary
All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter stdapi CommandDispatcher.cmd_download() function. By using a specially-crafted build of Meterpreter, it is possible to write to an arbitrary directory on the Metasploit console with the permissions of the running Metasploit instance.
References
cve@rapid7.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96954
cve@rapid7.comhttps://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2017/03/01/multiple-vulnerabilities-affecting-four-rapid7-productsMitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96954
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2017/03/01/multiple-vulnerabilities-affecting-four-rapid7-productsMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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