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CVE-2020-7377: Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Relative Path Traversal in telpho10_credential_dump module

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-08-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-23

Description

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.

Affected products

• Rapid7 Metasploit Framework: from 4.12.40 before 6.0.3 — fixed in 6.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Rapid7 Metasploit Framework 6.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues/14015
• https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues/14015

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