VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-1487
wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves to the IP address of the malicious server, which bypasses wget's filtering for ".." sequences.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.66%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves to the IP address of the malicious server, which bypasses wget's filtering for ".." sequences.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.66% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/wget
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18420
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11682
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18420
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11682
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.