CVE-2018-20483

set_file_metadata in xattr.c in GNU Wget before 1.20.1 stores a file's origin URL in the user.xdg.origin.url metadata attribute of the extended attributes of the downloaded file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (e.g., credentials contained in the URL) by reading this attribute, as demonstrated by getfattr. This also applies to Referer information in the user.xdg.referrer.url metadata attribute. According to 2016-07-22 in the Wget ChangeLog, user.xdg.origin.url was partially based on the behavior of fwrite_xattr in tool_xattr.c in curl.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2018-20483

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2018-12-26T18:29:00

• Last Modified Date
• 2020-08-24T17:37:01

• Version
• 2.0

• Vector String
• AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

• Access Vector
• LOCAL

• Access Compatibility
• LOW

• Authentication
• NONE

• Confidentiality Impact
• PARTIAL

• Integrity Impact
• NONE

• Availability Impact
• NONE

• Base Score
• 2.1

• Severity
• LOW

• Exploitability Score
• 3.9

• Impact Score
• 2.9

• Version
• 3.0

• Vector String
• CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack Vector
• LOCAL

• Attack Compatibility
• LOW

• Privileges Required
• LOW

• User Interaction
• NONE

• Scope
• UNCHANGED

• Confidentiality Impact
• HIGH

• Availability Impact
• HIGH

• Base Score
• 7.8

• Base Severity
• HIGH

• Exploitability Score
• 1.8

• Impact Score
• 5.9