High severity · published Aug 15, 2022
CVE-2020-21365
Directory traversal vulnerability in wkhtmltopdf through 0.12.5 allows remote attackers to read local files and disclose sensitive information via a crafted html file running with…
7.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in wkhtmltopdf through 0.12.5 allows remote attackers to read local files and disclose sensitive information via a crafted html file running with the default configurations.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
WK
Wkhtmltopdf · Wkhtmltopdf
through 0.12.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21365
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-21365
Exploit
https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/issues/4536
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00027.html
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