CVE-2004-1487

wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves to the IP address of the malicious server, which bypasses wget's filtering for ".." sequences.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-04-27

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Wget (Gnu)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18420
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11682
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/