A Write to Arbitrary Location in Disk vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor 19.1.49 and below that allows attackers to place files in arbitrary locations with SYSTEM privileges (although not controlling the contents of such files) due to insufficient sanitisation when passing arguments to the phantomjs.exe binary
Published Mar 17, 2020
7.2
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.54%
Description
A Write to Arbitrary Location in Disk vulnerability exists in PRTG Network Monitor 19.1.49 and below that allows attackers to place files in arbitrary locations with SYSTEM privileges (although not controlling the contents of such files) due to insufficient sanitisation when passing arguments to the phantomjs.exe binary. In order to exploit the vulnerability, remote authenticated administrators need to create a new HTTP Full Web Page Sensor and set specific settings when executing the sensor.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 19.1.49
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 4.54% (0.04544) | 91.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.54% (0.04544) | 90.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 9, 2025 | 3.72% (0.03720) | 87.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 26, 2025 | 4.93% (0.04931) | 89.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.82% (0.08815) | 91.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 10.89% (0.10889) | 88.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 8.82% (0.08815) | 91.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.05% (0.10046) | 92.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 2.23% (0.02230) | 89.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 3, 2024 | 0.91% (0.00907) | 82.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.91% (0.00907) | 80.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.64% (0.00641) | 76.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 52.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.06% (0.01061) | 49.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 14.04% (0.14043) | 90.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 4.80% (0.04797) | 78.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 4.80% (0.04797) | 77.93th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.11% (0.01110) | 66.78th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.11% (0.01110) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- https://how2itsec.blogspot.com/2019/10/security-fixes-in-prtg-1935152.html x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- https://sensepost.com/blog/2019/being-stubborn-pays-off-pt.-1-cve-2018-19204/ x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/stable x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://how2itsec.blogspot.com/2019/10/security-fixes-in-prtg-1935152.html | x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory | |
| https://sensepost.com/blog/2019/being-stubborn-pays-off-pt.-1-cve-2018-19204/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.paessler.com/prtg/history/stable | x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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