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HIGH

Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Zip Import Directory Traversal

Published Apr 30, 2019

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.

Affected products

Remediation

Vendor solution

Update to version 4.15.0 or later.

Weaknesses (1)

References (3)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner rapid7
Published Apr 30, 2019
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Jan 7, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a