CVE-2004-2014 (GCVE-0-2004-2014)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-05-10 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 01:15
VLAI
Summary
Wget 1.9 and 1.9.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the name of the file being downloaded.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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http://marc.info/?l=wget&m=108482747906833&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10361 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108481268725276&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Date Public
2004-05-16 00:00
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