CVE-2004-2014 Affecting wget package, versions <1.9.1-12


Severity

0.0
medium
0
10

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-WGET-300527
  • published 31 Dec 2004
  • disclosed 31 Dec 2004

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wget to version 1.9.1-12 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wget package and not the wget package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Wget 1.9 and 1.9.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the name of the file being downloaded.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

4 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

4 medium