CVE-2020-7350 is an OS Command Injection vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting Rapid7 Metasploit Framework versions prior to 5.0.85, specifically within its libnotify plugin. An attacker can craft a malicious hostname or service name, which, when imported via the db_import command, executes arbitrary commands on the operator's terminal. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity requiring user interaction. While not on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit exploit module exists, and it has garnered community discussion, including a Reddit post detailing "Pwning Metasploit with Metasploit."
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.0.85CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.