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UK Cyber Defence
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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.