CVE-2014-4877

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4877
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-29 10:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionAbsolute 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Wget 1.12 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.13 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.13.1 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.13.2 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.13.3 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.13.4 All All All
Application Gnu Wget 1.14 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
Vulnerability Note VU#685996 - GNU Wget creates arbitrary symbolic links during recursive FTP download af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, US Government Resource
GNU Wget CVE-2014-4877 Symlink Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
wget.git - GNU Wget af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.savannah.gnu.org Patch
wget.git - GNU Wget af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.savannah.gnu.org
McAfee KnowledgeBase - McAfee Security Bulletin - Data Loss Prevention hotfix resolves two security issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kc.mcafee.com
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:121 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Add module for CVE-2014-4877 (Wget) by hmoore-r7 · Pull Request #4088 · rapid7/metasploit-framework · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GNU Wget: Arbitrary code execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[Bug-wget] GNU wget 1.16 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Patch
Metasploit: R7-2014-15: GNU Wget FTP Symlink Ar... | SecurityStreet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 community.rapid7.com Exploit
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0431 - Updated wget packages fix CVE-2014-4877 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3062-1 wget af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1408-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Bug 1139181 – CVE-2014-4877 wget: FTP symlink arbitrary filesystem access af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
USN-2393-1: Wget vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1366-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:1380-1: moderate: update for wget af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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