CVE-2019-14751
N/A
Published: August 22, 2019 at 03:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNltk
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
Description
NLTK Downloader before 3.4.5 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an NLTK package (ZIP archive) that is mishandled during extraction.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00001.html
- https://github.com/mssalvatore/CVE-2019-14751_PoC
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/f59d7ed8df2e0e957f7f247fe218032abdbe9a10
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QI4IJGLZQ5S7C5LNRNROHAO2P526XE3D/
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00054.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00001.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/mssalvatore/CVE-2019-14751_PoCx_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/blob/3.4.5/ChangeLogx_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/f59d7ed8df2e0e957f7f247fe218032abdbe9a10Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QI4IJGLZQ5S7C5LNRNROHAO2P526XE3D/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGZSSEJH7RHH3RBUEVWWYT75QU67J7SE/x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://salvatoresecurity.com/zip-slip-in-nltk-cve-2019-14751/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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