What is CVE-2020-7385?

CVE-2020-7385 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Metasploit Framework, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2020-7385?

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

Deserialization in Rapid7 Metasploit Framework

CVE-2020-7385

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…

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.006 (69.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Rapid7 Metasploit Framework — versions 6.0.15

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/14300 (x_refsource_MISC)
help.rapid7.com/metasploit/release-notes/archive/2020/10/ (x_refsource_MISC)
github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/14335 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7385?: CVE-2020-7385 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Metasploit Framework, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2020-7385?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.