CVE-2019-5642

LOW

Rapid7 Metasploit < 4.16.0 - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0009
EPSS Percentile 26.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (2)
rapid7/metasploit 4.16.0 (4 CPE variants)
rapid7/metasploit < 4.16.0
Published Nov 06, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026