CVE-2019-5642

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Rapid7Metasploit Prounspecified <= 4.16.0-2019081901affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-732: CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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