OS Command Injection in Metasploit - CVE-2020-7350
Published: April 24, 2020 / Updated: April 27, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27308
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7350
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Rapid7
Affected software:
Metasploit
Metasploit
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the libnotify plugin accepts untrusted user-supplied data via a remote computer's hostname or service name on the operator's terminal. A remote unauthenticated attacker can use a specially-crafted hostname or service name and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-7350
Install updates from vendor's website.