VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-4971
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 46.2%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 46.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 46.21% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/wget · canonical/ubuntu linux · oracle/solaris · paloaltonetworks/pan-os
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.htmlBroken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.htmlBroken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11Third Party Advisory
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.