VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-2014
Wget 1.9 and 1.9.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the name of the file being downloaded.
LOW 2.6EPSS 0.96%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.96%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Wget 1.9 and 1.9.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the name of the file being downloaded.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.96% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/wget
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108481268725276&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=wget&m=108482747906833&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=wget&m=108483270227139&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17399
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:204
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10361Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16167
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9830
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108481268725276&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=wget&m=108482747906833&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=wget&m=108483270227139&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17399
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:204
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10361Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16167
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9830
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.