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CVE-2019-5642

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-5642 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting Rapid7 Metasploit Pro versions 4.16.0-2019081901 and earlier. The vulnerability, categorized as CWE-732 (Improper Permissions), results from the server.key being installed with world-readable permissions. This allows local users on the same system to potentially intercept private communications to the Metasploit Pro web interface. The CVSS score is 3.3 (Low), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and impact limited to confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*
4.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.16.0:-:*:*:pro:*:*:*
4.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.16.0:20190722:*:*:pro:*:*:*
4.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.16.0:20190805:*:*:pro:*:*:*
4.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:4.16.0:2019081901:*:*:pro:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 1,511 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

help.rapid7.com / metasploit/release-notes
Release NotesVendor Advisory