VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-4877

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability39.88%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-10-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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