CVE-2016-4971

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

45.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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.

Published

2016-06-30 17:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:46Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-24

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-73External Control of File Name or PathBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

40f57fbcf16917ea38798249074a88275bf411d7b69b70b866d04979b20530d3

• lists.gnu.org[info-gnu] 20160609 GNU wget 1.18 releasedhttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201610-11https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2027http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.exploit-db.com40064https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2587http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securitytracker.com1036133http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3012-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com91530http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• security.paloaltonetworks.comhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971x_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.htmlx_refsource_MISC