High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-5231

Description

All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter stdapi CommandDispatcher.cmd_download() 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.

Affected products

Rapid7/Metasploit
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=4.13.19
Rapid7/Metasploitv5
Range: All versions prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2017/03/01/multiple-vulnerabilities-affecting-four-rapid7-productsnvdMitigationVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96954nvd

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