CVE-2017-5231

Published Mar 2, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.1 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter stdapi CommandDispatcher.cmd_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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14336 All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter stdapi CommandDispatcher.cmd_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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
rapid7
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 2:55 PM
Reserved
Jan 9, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 2, 2017, 8:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:20 AM