Description
All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter extapi Clipboard.parse_dump() 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.
Published: 2017-03-02
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14334 All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter extapi Clipboard.parse_dump() 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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Rapid7 Metasploit
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: rapid7

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T14:55:35.561Z

Reserved: 2017-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-5229

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-02T20:59:00.500

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5229

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