HTTP: Rapid7 Metasploit Libnotify Plugin Command Injection

This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Rapid7 Metasploit Libnotify Plugin. A successful attack can lead to command injection and arbitrary code execution.

Extended Description

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.

Affected Products

Rapid7 metasploit

References

CVE: CVE-2020-7350

Short Name

HTTP:STC:MSPLOIT-LBNTFY-CMD-INJ

Severity

Minor

Recommended

False

Recommended Action

Drop

HTTP: Rapid7 Metasploit Libnotify Plugin Command Injection

Extended Description

Affected Products

References

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