Advisories for Gem/Metasploit-Framework package

2023

Withdrawn: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability affects metasploit-framework

Withdrawn This advisory has been withdrawn because it was incorrectly associated with the metasploit-framework package, which is not affected by this CVE, and the actual vulnerable component does not fit within our supported ecosystems. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description Fortra (formerly, HelpSystems) GoAnywhere MFT suffers from a pre-authentication command injection vulnerability in the License Response Servlet due to deserializing an arbitrary attacker-controlled object.

2022

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

By launching the drb_remote_codeexec exploit, a Metasploit Framework user will inadvertently expose Metasploit to the same deserialization issue that is exploited by that module, due to the reliance on the vulnerable Distributed Ruby class functions. Since Metasploit Framework typically runs with elevated privileges, this can lead to a system compromise on the Metasploit workstation. Note that an attacker would have to lie in wait and entice the Metasploit user to …