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CVE-2016-4971

Published: Jun 30, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
6.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
7 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4971
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WgetGnu*1.18 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatwget-0:1.14-13.el7*
WgetUbuntudevel*
WgetUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
WgetUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
WgetUbuntuprecise*
WgetUbuntutrusty*
WgetUbuntutrusty/esm*
WgetUbuntuupstream*
WgetUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
WgetUbuntuwily*
WgetUbuntuxenial*
WgetUbuntuyakkety*
WgetUbuntuzesty*

References

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