Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP Handler Denial of Service
CVE-2019-5645

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Rapid7

Status
Metasploit Framework
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 September 2020

What is CVE-2019-5645?

By sending a specially crafted HTTP GET request to a listening Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP handler, an attacker can register an arbitrary regular expression. When evaluated, this malicious handler can either prevent new HTTP handler sessions from being established, or cause a resource exhaustion on the Metasploit server.

Affected Version(s)

Metasploit Framework 5.0.27

References

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/12433
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EPSS Score

87% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

This issue was reported by Jose Garduno of Dreamlab Technologies, AG
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CVE-2019-5645 : Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP Handler Denial of Service