CVE-2019-5642
lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.003 · 24 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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- https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5642cnnvd
- https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001enisa_euvd
- https://help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/?rid=4.16.0-2019091001Release NotesVendor Advisorynvd
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