CVE-2002-1344

Summary

CVECVE-2002-1344
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-18 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in wget before 1.8.2-4 allows a remote FTP server to create or overwrite files as the wget user via filenames containing (1) /absolute/path or (2) .. (dot dot) sequences.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Wget 1.5.3 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.7 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.7.1 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.8 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.8.1 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.8.2 All All All
Hardware Sun Cobalt Raq Xtr All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISS X-Force Database: wget-ftp-filename-traversal (10820): wget utility malicious file name directory traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-003.0.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
'Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities in FTP Clients' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
WGet NLST Client Side File Overwriting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-209-1 wget af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-022.shtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - [VulnWatch] Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities in FTP Clients - From coley_at_linus.mitre.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#210148 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Multiple Vendor FTP Client Side File Overwriting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-086.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openpkg.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'TSLSA-2002-0089 - wget' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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