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Unscored CVE-2017-5231 EUVD-2017-14336GHSA-28m9-pp55-859p

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

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 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.

Affected products

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

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