Path traversal in Metasploit - CVE-2020-7377
Published: August 24, 2020 / Updated: September 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU46343
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7377
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 manipulate data.
The Metasploit Framework module "auxiliary/admin/http/telpho10_credential_dump" module is affected by a relative path traversal vulnerability in the untar method which can be exploited to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on the host file system when the module is run on a malicious HTTP server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.