PT-2019-15014 · Phantomjs · Phantomjs

Published 2019-11-05 · Updated 2022-05-24 · CVE-2019-17221

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions PhantomJS versions 2.1.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows for arbitrary file read, demonstrated by an XMLHttpRequest for a file:// URI. It 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 to read 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.

Recommendations As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the page.open() function until a patch is available. Restrict access to the webpage module to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the file:// URI in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Files Accessible to External Parties

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-552

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-17221

GHSA-X43G-GJ9X-838X

Affected Products

Phantomjs

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/h4ckologic/CVE-2019-17221 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://darkmatter.ae/blogs/breaching-the-perimeter-phantomjs-arbitrary-file-read · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17221 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17221 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-x43g-gj9x-838x · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Medium/phantomjs · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20191220171022/https://darkmatter.ae/blogs/breaching-the-perimeter-phantomjs-arbitrary-file-read · Note