VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-1488
wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x does not filter or quote control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal, which may allow remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and execute arbitrary code.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 11.9%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.9%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x does not filter or quote control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal, which may allow remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and execute arbitrary code.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 11.92% probability · 96th 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://secunia.com/advisories/20960
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18421
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9750
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/20960
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18421
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9750
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.