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TI-2020-05944 Aliases CVE-2020-7350GHSA-cvfg-6mg6-247m

Metasploit Framework Plugin Libnotify Command Injection

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

Rapid7 Metasploit Framework versions before 5.0.85 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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Metasploit Framework (Rapid7): 5.0.85

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Rapid7Metasploit Framework5.0.85 to before 5.0.855.0.85Patch availableCNA
  • Metasploit Framework VendorRapid7 Affected 5.0.85 to before 5.0.85 Fixed in 5.0.85 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.0.85VulnerableRapid7
  • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:metasploit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.0.85 Vulnerable ·Rapid7

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Metasploit Framework (Rapid7) Fixed in 5.0.85

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7350
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cvfg-6mg6-247m

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2019-04008 Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP Handler Denial of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-05967 Client-Side Command Injection in Rapid7 Metasploit CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2020-05961 Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Relative Path Traversal in enum_osx module CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-05968 Metasploit Framework 'drb_remote_codeexec' code execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-05962 Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Relative Path Traversal in telpho10_credential_dump module CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2019-03989 Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Zip Import Directory Traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
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Sources

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