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CVE-2010-2252

GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.

Published

2010-07-06T17:17:13.313

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-20
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application gnu wget ≤ 1.12 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.5.3 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.6 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.7 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.7.1 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.8 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.8.1 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.8.2 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.9 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.9.1 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.10 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.10.1 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.10.2 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.11 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.11.1 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.11.2 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.11.3 Yes
Application gnu wget 1.11.4 Yes
References