Rapid7 Metasploit Framework versions before 5.0.85 suffers from an instance of CWE-78: OS Command Injection, wherein the libnotify plugin accepts untrusted user-supplied data via a remote computer's hostname or service name. An attacker can create a specially-crafted hostname or service name to be imported by Metasploit from a variety of sources and trigger a command injection on the operator's terminal. Note, only the Metasploit Framework and products that expose the plugin system is susceptible to this issue -- notably, this does not include Rapid7 Metasploit Pro. Also note, this vulnerability cannot be triggered through a normal scan operation -- the attacker would have to supply a file that is processed with the db_import command.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-7350 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 58.67%, 98th percentile).Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +17.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest.Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-7350
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-7350
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).