cve/2017/CVE-2017-5228.md

### [CVE-2017-5228](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5228)
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### Description

All editions of Rapid7 Metasploit prior to version 4.13.0-2017020701 contain a directory traversal vulnerability in the Meterpreter stdapi Dir.download() function. By using a specially-crafted build of Meterpreter, it is possible to write to an arbitrary directory on the Metasploit console with the permissions of the running Metasploit instance.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/justinsteven/advisories