VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2019-14751
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability5.67%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-08-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Release Notes
- cve@mitre.org — Patch
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes