3.3
LOW
CVE-2019-5642
Metasploit Pro Disk Encryption Weakness
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 6, 2019, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 13, 2019, 2:28 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-5642 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rapid7 metasploit
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001 Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-5642 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001 No Types Assigned https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-732
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.16.0 *cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.16.0:-:*:*:pro:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.16.0:20190722:*:*:pro:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.16.0:20190805:*:*:pro:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.16.0:2019081901:*:*:pro:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.10264

percentile

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