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Unscored CVE-2017-5229 EUVD-2017-14334GHSA-p6q9-gh69-5434

All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter extapi …

Published Mar 2, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by rapid7

Description

All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter extapi Clipboard.parse_dump() 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Rapid7 Metasploit All versions prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 —

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