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CVE-2019-17221: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

May 24, 2022 (updated October 19, 2023)

PhantomJS through 2.1.1 has an arbitrary file read vulnerability, as demonstrated by an XMLHttpRequest for a file:// URI. The vulnerability exists in the page.open() function of the webpage module, which loads a specified URL and calls a given callback. An attacker can supply a specially crafted HTML file, as user input, that allows reading arbitrary files on the filesystem. For example, if page.render() is the function callback, this generates a PDF or an image of the targeted file. NOTE: this product is no longer developed.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-x43g-gj9x-838x
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17221
  • web.archive.org/web/20191220171022/https://www.darkmatter.ae/blogs/breaching-the-perimeter-phantomjs-arbitrary-file-read/

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 2.1.1

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Source file

npm/phantomjs/CVE-2019-17221.yml

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