Advisory ROSA-SA-2021-1996

Software: wget 1.14 OS: Cobalt 7.9 CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7098 CVE-Crit: HIGH CVE-DESC: The race condition in wget 1.17 and earlier, when used in recursive or mirror mode to download a single file, may allow remote servers to bypass perceived access list restrictions by leaving the HTTP connection open...

GNU Wget FTP Symlink Arbitrary Filesystem Access Exploit

This module exploits a vulnerability in Wget when used in recursive -r mode with a FTP server as a destination. A symlink is used to allow arbitrary writes to the target's filesystem. To specify content for the file, use the "file:/path" syntax for the TARGETDATA option. Tested successfully with...