Low severity · published Nov 6, 2019
CVE-2019-5642
Rapid7 Metasploit Pro version 4.16.0-2019081901 and prior suffers from an instance of CWE-732, wherein the unique server.key is written to the file system during installation with…
3.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Rapid7 Metasploit Pro version 4.16.0-2019081901 and prior suffers from an instance of CWE-732, wherein the unique server.key is written to the file system during installation with world-readable permissions. This can allow other users of the same system where Metasploit Pro is installed to intercept otherwise private communications to the Metasploit Pro web interface.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Metasploit · Rapid7
before 4.16.0; 4.16.0; 4.16.0; 4.16.0; 4.16.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5642
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5642
Release Notes
https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001
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