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CVE-2019-5642

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Published: Nov 6, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-732
3.3LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 77.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-732

Affected Products

Rapid7
commercial·USaka rapid7 nexpose, metasploit, rapid7 velociraptor
Metasploit ProOn-premWeb App
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
metasploitOn-premSecurity Product
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001
help.rapid7.com

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