# CVE-2019-5642: MAGICK

> Local users can read the private server key due to insecure file permissions, allowing interception of private communications to the Metasploit Pro web interface.

- **Severity:** Low 3.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g8mp-gm84-qx6x

## What is CVE-2019-5642?

CVE-2019-5642 is a low-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Metasploit Pro, published on 6 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Rapid7 Metasploit Pro version 4.16.0-2019081901 and prior suffers from an instance of CWE-732, wherein the unique server.key is written to the file system during installation with world-readable permissions. This can allow other users of the same system where Metasploit Pro is installed to intercept otherwise private communications to the Metasploit Pro web interface.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5642?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rapid7 Metasploit.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5642?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5642 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5642 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Rapid7 Metasploit Pro

- [CVE-2020-7385](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7385/): Metasploit Framework 'drb_remote_codeexec' code execution (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-7377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7377/): Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Relative Path Traversal in telpho10_credential_dump module (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2017-5235](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5235/): Other in Metasploit Pro (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2019-5645](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5645/): Rapid7 Metasploit HTTP Handler Denial of Service (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-5624](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5624/): Rapid7 Metasploit Framework Zip Import Directory Traversal (high 7.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5642 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5642 is a low-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Metasploit Pro, published on 6 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rapid7 Metasploit Pro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5642/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5642/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5642
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5642
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5642

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5642/
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