CVE-2019-5642 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2019-5642

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Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • 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/).

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Metasploit Pro
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: November 6th, 2019
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)