CVE-2017-5231

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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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published3/2/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

rapid7:metasploit

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96954(cve@rapid7.com)

https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2017/03/01/multiple-vulnerabilities-affecting-four-rapid7-products(cve@rapid7.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96954(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2017/03/01/multiple-vulnerabilities-affecting-four-rapid7-products(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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