Vulnerability in Gnu Wget
CVE-2016-4971
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
EPSS: 0.738 (98.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Gnu Wget
- Oracle Solaris — versions 10, 11.3
- Paloaltonetworks Pan-os
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- [info-gnu] 20160609 GNU wget 1.18 released (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List)
- GLSA-201610-11 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2027 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, Broken Link)
- 40064 (Exploit, exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- RHSA-2016:2587 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- 1036133 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- USN-3012-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-4971?
- CVE-2016-4971 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Wget. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-06-30.
- How severe is CVE-2016-4971?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-4971 known to be exploited?
- 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.