cve/2019/CVE-2019-9948.md

CVE-2019-9948

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