cve/2019/CVE-2019-9948.md

### [CVE-2019-9948](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-9948)
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### Description

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the local_file: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen('local_file:///etc/passwd') call.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154927/Slackware-Security-Advisory-python-Updates.html
- https://bugs.python.org/issue35907
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4127-2/

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon