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CVE-2019-5624

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-5624 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) in the Zip import function of Rapid7 Metasploit Framework versions 4.14.0 and prior. An attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code within Metasploit at the user's privilege level. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (High), it requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.1
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0276 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 759 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

blog.doyensec.com / 2019/04/24/rubyzip-bug.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/11716
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
help.rapid7.com / metasploit/release-notes/archive/2019/04
Release NotesVendor Advisory