Client-Side Command Injection in Rapid7 Metasploit
Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-77Published · 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-77.
Summary
Rapid7's Metasploit msfvenom framework handles APK files in a way that allows for a malicious user to craft and publish a file that would execute arbitrary commands on a victim's machine.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.30463 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Metasploit (Rapid7): 4.19.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Metasploit (Rapid7) Fixed in 4.19.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7384
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-87rr-mcfm-cqc8
References
More Rapid7 Metasploit vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-04008 Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP Handler Denial of Service CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- 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-2020-05944 Metasploit Framework Plugin Libnotify Command Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2020-7384 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-7384 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-87rr-mcfm-cqc8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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