CVE-2016-4971
wget FTP Remote File Write Vulnerability
Description
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
INFO
Published Date :
June 30, 2016, 5:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:53 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2016-4971 has a 10 public PoC/Exploit
available at Github.
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Affected Products
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CVE-2016-4971 Wget 1.18/1.14-13.el7 Client Exploit
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 Added Reference http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11 Added Reference https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description It was found that wget used a file name provided by the server for the downloaded file when following a HTTP redirect to a FTP server resource. This could cause wget to create a file with a different name than expected, possibly allowing the server to execute arbitrary code on the client. GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource. Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2587 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4971 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource. It was found that wget used a file name provided by the server for the downloaded file when following a HTTP redirect to a FTP server resource. This could cause wget to create a file with a different name than expected, possibly allowing the server to execute arbitrary code on the client. Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4971 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2587 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 05, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 No Types Assigned http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html Vendor Advisory http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971 No Types Assigned https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Removed CWE NIST CWE-254 Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu_wget_project:gnu_wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.17.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.18 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.1.0 up to (including) 6.1.16 *cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.0 up to (including) 7.0.14 *cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.1.0 up to (including) 7.1.9 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 30, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 17, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/86 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://securityadvisories.paloaltonetworks.com/Home/Detail/86 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu_wget_project:gnu_wget:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 Exploit Changed Reference Type http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-254 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-4971
is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-4971
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
92.64 }} -2.87%
score
0.99237
percentile