CVE-2016-4971

GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

46.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Published

2016-06-30

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (4)

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution…
• dinidhu96/IT19013756_-CVE-2016-4971-0★ · 2020-05-12
• gitcollect/CVE-2016-49710★ · 2016-06-24
• mbadanoiu/CVE-2016-49711★ · 2019-01-05

ExploitDB entries (2)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49815

Security advisories

• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f…
• http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.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

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-2468