Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Zip Import Directory Traversal

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.

Recent assessments:

busterb at September 17, 2019 6:05pm UTC reported:

This vulnerability had been in Metasploit Framework for some time, but requires an attacker to achieve some level of social engineering to be effective. Basically, don’t import random things into Metasploit Framework!

Assessed Attacker Value: 1
Assessed Attacker Value: 1Assessed Attacker Value: 3