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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-02-15 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-02-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3b26698a850d693c07a5639a7df53aee558d5144eaebf7e3342199bc15a1ee1c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:771http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- www.securityfocus.com11871http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871
- marc.info20041209 wget: Arbitrary file overwriting/appending/creating and other vulnerabilitieshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-145-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwget-file-overwrite(18420)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18420
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11682https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11682
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755
- securitytracker.com1012472http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wget Fixed in 1.9.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wget Fixed in 1.9.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wget Fixed in 1.9.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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