GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download,…

Description

GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (18)

• [oss-security] 20100517 [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602797 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [bug-wget] 20100520 Re: security risk of unexpected download filenames (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0151 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [bug-wget] 20100520 security risk of unexpected download filenames (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100609 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 65722 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100518 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [bug-wget] 20100521 Re: security risk of unexpected download filenames (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [bug-wget] 20100520 Re: security risk of unexpected download filenames (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100521 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100517 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100520 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100519 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [bug-wget] 20100521 Re: security risk of unexpected download filenames (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20100518 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:25 UTC.