CVE-2005-2482: Metasploit Framework

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The StateToOptions function in msfweb in Metasploit Framework 2.4 and earlier, when running with the -D option (defanged mode), allows attackers to modify temporary environment variables before the "_Defanged" environment option is checked when processing the Exploit command.

Affected products

• Metasploit Metasploit Framework: version 2.0 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only; version 2.3 only; version 2.4 only

Published 2005-08-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.