CVE-2019-5642

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-5642
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-06 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-11-13 14:28:00 UTC
DescriptionRapid7 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rapid7 Metasploit All All All All
Application Rapid7 Metasploit 4.16.0 - All All
Application Rapid7 Metasploit 4.16.0 20190722 All All
Application Rapid7 Metasploit 4.16.0 20190805 All All
Application Rapid7 Metasploit 4.16.0 2019081901 All All
Application Rapid7 Metasploit All All All All
Application Rapid7 Metasploit 4.16.0 - All All
Application Rapid7 Metasploit 4.16.0 20190722 All All
Application Rapid7 Metasploit 4.16.0 20190805 All All
Application Rapid7 Metasploit 4.16.0 2019081901 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes CONFIRM help.rapid7.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: This issue was discovered and reported to Rapid7 by Rodney Beele. It is being disclosed in accordance with Rapid7's vulnerability disclosure policy (https://www.rapid7.com/disclosure/).

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