CWE Code: 22
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.5
CWE Name:  Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary: rapid7 metasploit framework suffers from an instance of cwe-22, improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in the zip import function of metasploit. exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in metasploit at the privilege level of the user running metasploit. this issue affects: rapid7 metasploit framework version 4.14.0 and prior versions.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2019-04-30
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-09