CVE-2014-4877

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-4877
  • Assigner
  • cret@cert.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-10-29T10:55:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-17T02:59:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-22 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.15
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-10/msg00150.html Patch
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access Exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=b4440d96cf8173d68ecaa07c36b8f4316ee794d0 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139181 Patch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685996 Patch US Government Resource
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=18b0979357ed7dc4e11d4f2b1d7e0f5932d82aa7
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/4088 Exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2393-1
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1764.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00026.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3062
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00009.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-05.xml
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1955.html
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0431.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:121
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10106
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70751
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4877
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4877
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:48:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 02:05:58 cert@cert.org cret@cert.org CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 02:05:58 2014-10-29T10:55Z 2014-10-29T10:55:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 02:05:58 2017-02-17T02:59:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 02:05:58 Modified Vulnerability Status updated