VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-5642

CVSS score3.3 LOW
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references