Rapid7 Nexpose up to 6.6.39 Unquoted Search Path unquoted search path

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Rapid7 Nexpose up to 6.6.39. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Unquoted Search Path. Executing a manipulation can lead to unquoted search path. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-7382. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Rapid7 Nexpose up to 6.6.39. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Unquoted Search Path. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unquoted search path vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-428. The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Rapid7 Nexpose installer version prior to 6.6.40 contains an Unquoted Search Path which may allow an attacker on the local machine to insert an arbitrary file into the executable path. This issue affects: Rapid7 Nexpose versions prior to 6.6.40.

The weakness was shared 09/03/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at help.rapid7.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-7382 since 01/21/2020. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574.009 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 6.6.40 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• Rapid7

Name

• Nexpose

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.6.33
• 6.6.34
• 6.6.35
• 6.6.36
• 6.6.37
• 6.6.38
• 6.6.39

License

• commercial

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