CVE-2004-2014

critical

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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9830

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16167

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:204

http://secunia.com/advisories/17399

http://marc.info/?l=wget&m=108483270227139&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=wget&m=108482747906833&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108481268725276&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2018-10-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical