9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.078 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.1%
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when
recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary
files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that
references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates
that the filename is for a symlink.
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-10/msg00150.html
community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-4877
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4877
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4877
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2393-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4877