CVE-2016-4971
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4971
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4971.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4971
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-06-30T17:59:07.893Z
- Modified
- 2025-12-02T23:18:28.337131Z
- Severity
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- 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/
Affected packages
Git / git.savannah.gnu.org/git/wget.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/wget.git
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed