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High
CVE-2016-4971
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to...
Vulnerability Description
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
wget, ubuntu linux, solaris, pan-os
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04, 10, 11.3, 6.1.0, 7.0.0, 7.1.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 30th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.