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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.

Published

2016-06-30T17:59:07.893

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	wget	< 1.18	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	oracle	solaris	10	Yes
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11.3	Yes
Operating System	paloaltonetworks	pan-os	≤ 6.1.16	Yes
Operating System	paloaltonetworks	pan-os	≤ 7.0.14	Yes
Operating System	paloaltonetworks	pan-os	≤ 7.1.9	Yes

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)