CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-1056
6.2 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-02-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.2 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
The installer for Metasploit Framework 3.5.1, when running on Windows, uses weak inherited permissions for the Metasploit installation directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing critical files with a Trojan horse.
Affected configurations
• metasploit metasploit framework 3.5.1
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://blog.metasploit.com/2011/02/metasploit-framework-352-released.html blog.metasploit.com
- http://osvdb.org/70857 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43166 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0371 Vendor Advisory
- http://blog.metasploit.com/2011/02/metasploit-framework-352-released.html blog.metasploit.com
- http://osvdb.org/70857 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43166 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0371 Vendor Advisory