Path Traversal in Gnu Wget
CVE-2014-4877
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename…
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.399 (98.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnu Wget — versions 1.12, 1.13, 1.13.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- cret@cert.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cret@cert.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch)
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cret@cert.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- cret@cert.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cret@cert.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Patch, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-4877?
- CVE-2014-4877 is a vulnerability in Gnu Wget, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2014-10-29.
- Is CVE-2014-4877 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.