wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves…

Description

wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves to the IP address of the malicious server, which bypasses wget's filtering for ".." sequences.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• RHSA-2005:771 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 11871 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20041209 wget: Arbitrary file overwriting/appending/creating and other vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• USN-145-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• wget-file-overwrite(18420) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11682 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1012472 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2004-1487](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2004-1487.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2004-1487)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 00:53 UTC.