CVE-2014-4877

Published: Oct 29, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

9.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 10.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (8)

Products: Gnu: Wget

1 product

Configuration A

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Wget	Up to 1.15
Gnu Wget	Version 1.12
Gnu Wget	Version 1.13.1
Gnu Wget	Version 1.13.2
Gnu Wget	Version 1.13.3
Gnu Wget	Version 1.13.4
Gnu Wget	Version 1.13
Gnu Wget	Version 1.14

Related CWEs

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (44)

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0431.html

Source: cret@cert.org

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=18b0979357ed7dc4e11d4f2b1d7e0f5932d82aa7

Source: cret@cert.org

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=b4440d96cf8173d68ecaa07c36b8f4316ee794d0

Source: cret@cert.org

Patch

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-10/msg00150.html

Source: cret@cert.org

Patch

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00004.html

Source: cret@cert.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00009.html

Source: cret@cert.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00026.html

Source: cret@cert.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1764.html

Source: cret@cert.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1955.html

Source: cret@cert.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-05.xml

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3062

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685996

Source: cret@cert.org

PatchUS Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:121

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70751

Source: cret@cert.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2393-1

Source: cret@cert.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139181

Source: cret@cert.org

Patch

https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access

Source: cret@cert.org

Exploit

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/4088

Source: cret@cert.org

Exploit

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917

Source: cret@cert.org

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722

Source: cret@cert.org

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10106

Source: cret@cert.org

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0431.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=18b0979357ed7dc4e11d4f2b1d7e0f5932d82aa7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=b4440d96cf8173d68ecaa07c36b8f4316ee794d0

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-10/msg00150.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00004.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00009.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00026.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1764.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1955.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-05.xml

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3062

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685996

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchUS Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:121

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70751

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2393-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139181

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/4088

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10106

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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