{"id":"CVE-2018-1000500","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-1000500","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:32:02.974Z","title":"Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The \"busybox wget\" applet that can result in arbitrary code execution.","description":"Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The \"busybox wget\" applet that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Simply download any file over HTTPS using \"busybox wget https://compromised-domain.com/important-file\".","published":"2018-06-26T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:32:47.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-295"],"affected":["busybox/busybox"],"epss":{"score":0.02487,"percentile":0.84541,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2018-May/086462.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=45fa3f18adf57ef9d743038743d9c90573aeeb91","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4531-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2018-May/086462.html","tags":["Mailing List","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=45fa3f18adf57ef9d743038743d9c90573aeeb91","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4531-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000500","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}