What is CVE-2020-7377?

CVE-2020-7377 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Metasploit, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-08-24.

How severe is CVE-2020-7377?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Rapid7 Metasploit

CVE-2020-7377

The Metasploit Framework module "auxiliary/admin/http/telpho10_credential_dump" module is affected by a relative path traversal vulnerability in the untar method which can be exploited to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations on the host file system when the module is run on a malicious HTTP server.

Published 2020-08-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Rapid7 Metasploit
Rapid7 Metasploit Framework — versions 4.12.40, 6.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues/14015 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7377?: CVE-2020-7377 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Metasploit, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2020-08-24.
How severe is CVE-2020-7377?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.