CVE-2024-6127

CRITICAL

PowerShellEmpire Arbitrary File Upload (Skywalker)

Title source: metasploit
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2024-6127. PoCs published by Spencer McIntyre, Erik Daguerre, ACE-Responder, Takahiro Yokoyama, including Metasploit module exploits/linux/http/empire_skywalker.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2024-6127, an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in PowerShellEmpire (BC Security) or the original Empire server, allowing an attacker to write and execute payloads on the target system via a cron job.

Description

BC Security Empire before 5.9.3 is vulnerable to a path traversal issue that can lead to remote code execution. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability over HTTP by acting as a normal agent, completing all cryptographic handshakes, and then triggering an upload of payload data containing a malicious path.

Exploits (1)

metasploit WORKING POC EXCELLENT
by Spencer McIntyre, Erik Daguerre, ACE-Responder, Takahiro Yokoyama · rubypocpython
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/http/empire_skywalker.rb

This Metasploit module exploits CVE-2024-6127, an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in PowerShellEmpire (BC Security) or the original Empire server, allowing an attacker to write and execute payloads on the target system via a cron job.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PowerShellEmpire (BC Security) <v5.9.3 or original Empire server <commit f030cf62
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the Empire server · Empire server must be running and accessible
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1026
EPSS Percentile 95.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-22 CWE-434
Status published
Products (1)
BC Security/Empire < 5.9.3
Published Jun 27, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026