Path traversal in Metasploit - CVE-2020-7376
Published: August 24, 2020 / Updated: September 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46241
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: 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:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7376
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Metasploit
Metasploit
Software vendor:
Rapid7
Rapid7
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The Metasploit Framework module "post/osx/gather/enum_osx module" is affected by a relative path traversal vulnerability in the get_keychains method which can be exploited to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on the host filesystem when the module is run on a malicious host.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.