CVE-2010-2252

GNU Wget < 1.12 - Arbitrary File Write via Server-Provided Filename in Redirect Chain

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

GNU 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.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127411372529485&w=2
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602797
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00031.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0151.html
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00023.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127611288927500&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65722
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127416905831994&w=2
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00032.html
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00033.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127441275821210&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127412569216380&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127432968701342&w=2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127427572721591&w=2
Various Sources mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00034.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127422615924593&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0383
EPSS Percentile 88.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (18)
gnu/wget 1.5.3
gnu/wget 1.6
gnu/wget 1.7
gnu/wget 1.7.1
gnu/wget 1.8
gnu/wget 1.8.1
gnu/wget 1.8.2
gnu/wget 1.9
gnu/wget 1.9.1
gnu/wget 1.10
... and 8 more
Published Jul 06, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026