9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2014-4877
GNU Wget FTP Path Traversal Remote Code Execution
Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates that the filename is for a symlink.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 29, 2014, 10:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:11 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-4877 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-4877 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu wget
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-4877.

URL Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0431.html
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=18b0979357ed7dc4e11d4f2b1d7e0f5932d82aa7
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=b4440d96cf8173d68ecaa07c36b8f4316ee794d0 Patch
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-10/msg00150.html Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00026.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1764.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1955.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-05.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3062
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685996 Patch US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:121
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70751
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2393-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139181 Patch
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access Exploit
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/4088 Exploit
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10106
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0431.html
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=18b0979357ed7dc4e11d4f2b1d7e0f5932d82aa7
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=b4440d96cf8173d68ecaa07c36b8f4316ee794d0 Patch
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-10/msg00150.html Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00026.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1764.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1955.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-05.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3062
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685996 Patch US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:121
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70751
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2393-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139181 Patch
https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access Exploit
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/4088 Exploit
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10106

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-4877 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-4877 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0431.html
    Added Reference http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=18b0979357ed7dc4e11d4f2b1d7e0f5932d82aa7
    Added Reference http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=b4440d96cf8173d68ecaa07c36b8f4316ee794d0
    Added Reference http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-10/msg00150.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00009.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00026.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1764.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1955.html
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-05.xml
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3062
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/685996
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:121
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70751
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2393-1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139181
    Added Reference https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access
    Added Reference https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/4088
    Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917
    Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10106
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70751 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10106 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0431.html
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:121
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1955.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 21, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201411-05.xml
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 20, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00009.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 14, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00026.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3062
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-11/msg00004.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 29, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-4877 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

56.40 }} 49.54%

score

0.97811

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability