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.
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DSA-2088-1 | New wget packages fix potential code execution |
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EUVD-2010-2264 | 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. |
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USN-982-1 | Wget vulnerability |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T02:25:07.646Z
Reserved: 2010-06-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-2252

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2010-07-06T17:17:13.313
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2010-2252


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