Vulnerability in GNU Wget

CVE-1999-0402

wget 1.5.3 follows symlinks to change permissions of the target file instead of the symlink itself.

EPSS: 0.015 (70.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Wget — versions 1.5.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

References