PT-2019-6374 · Wkhtmltopdf+4 · Wkhtmltopdf+4

Published 2019-11-21 · Updated 2023-07-20 · CVE-2020-21365

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wkhtmltopdf versions 0.12.5 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a directory traversal vulnerability that allows remote attackers to read local files and disclose sensitive information via a crafted html file running with the default configurations. This is due to incorrect restriction of the path name to a directory with limited access. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For versions 0.12.5 and earlier, update to a version later than 0.12.5 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about other specific fixes for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-2024

BDU:2023-04394

CVE-2020-21365

DLA-3158-1

MGASA-2022-0407

USN-6232-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Wkhtmltopdf

References · 22

• 🔥 https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/issues/4536 · Exploit
• https://debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-3158 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-21365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-21365 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-21365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6232-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3158-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2022-0407 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-21365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21365 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se16-bulletin-20251225SE16 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0407.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6232-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-04394 · Security Note