Description
wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves to the IP address of the malicious server, which bypasses wget's filtering for ".." sequences.
Published: 2005-02-15
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-1481 wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves to the IP address of the malicious server, which bypasses wget's filtering for ".." sequences.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-145-1 wget vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:53:24.036Z

Reserved: 2005-02-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1487

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-04-27T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1487

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2004-12-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-1487 - Bugzilla

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