Rapid7 Metasploit Framework up to 5.0.84 libnotify Plugin Hostname os command injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Rapid7 Metasploit Framework up to 5.0.84. Affected is an unknown function of the component libnotify Plugin. Performing a manipulation as part of Hostname results in os command injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-7350. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Rapid7 Metasploit Framework up to 5.0.84. This affects an unknown code of the component libnotify Plugin. The manipulation as part of a Hostname leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Rapid7 Metasploit Framework version 5.0.84 and prior suffers from an instance of CWE-78: OS Command Injection, wherein the libnotify plugin accepts untrusted user-supplied data via a remote computer's hostname or service name. An attacker can create a specially-crafted hostname or service name to be imported by Metasploit from a variety of sources and trigger a command injection on the operator's terminal. Note, only the Metasploit Framework and products that expose the plugin system is susceptible to this issue -- notably, this does not include Rapid7 Metasploit Pro. Also note, this vulnerability cannot be triggered through a normal scan operation -- the attacker would have to supply a file that is processed with the db_import command.

The weakness was presented 04/22/2020 (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-7350 since 01/21/2020. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Rapid7

Name

• Metasploit Framework

Version

• 5.0.0
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• 5.0.84

License

• commercial

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