CVE-2019-5624

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    CVE-2019-5624

    Published: 30 Apr 2019Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/2019/04/#20190416, https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/11716, https://blog.doyensec.com/2019/04/24/rubyzip-bug.html

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High