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CVE-2017-5229

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

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Summary

All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter extapi Clipboard.parse_dump() 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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Rapid7 Metasploit

    All versions prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701

References 2

securityfocus.com

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