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CVE-2017-5228

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CVE-2017-5228

Published: Mar 2, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter stdapi Dir.download() 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.

VendorProductVersions

Rapid7

Metasploit

affected
All versions prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701

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