CVE-2010-2252

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2252
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-07-06 17:17:13 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionGNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Wget 1.10 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.10.1 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.10.2 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.11 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.11.1 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.11.2 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.11.3 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.11.4 All All All
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
Application Gnu Wget 1.9 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.9.1 All All All
Application Gnu Wget All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Re: [oss-security] [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
'Re: [oss-security] [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Re: [oss-security] [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[oss-security] [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Re: [oss-security] [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Re: [Bug-wget] security risk of unexpected download filenames af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
Re: [Bug-wget] security risk of unexpected download filenames af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
Re: [Bug-wget] security risk of unexpected download filenames af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org
Bug 602797 – CVE-2010-2252 wget: multiple HTTP client download filename vulnerability [OCERT 2010-001] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Re: [Bug-wget] security risk of unexpected download filenames af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
Bug 591580 – CVE-2010-2251 lftp: multiple HTTP client download filename vulnerability [OCERT 2010-001] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
GNU Wget CVE-2010-2252 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
'Re: [oss-security] [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Re: [oss-security] [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Re: [oss-security] [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[Bug-wget] security risk of unexpected download filenames af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org
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