8.8
HIGH
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 :

Feb. 12, 2023, 11:22 p.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. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-4971 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 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Oracle solaris
1 Gnu wget
1 Paloaltonetworks pan-os
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
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-2016-4971.

URL Resource
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html Broken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11 Third Party Advisory
https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Craxti/packet_analysis

None

Python

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2023, 11:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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lnick2023/nicenice

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.
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xbl3/awesome-cve-poc_qazbnm456

None

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.
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dinidhu96/IT19013756_-CVE-2016-4971-

None

Updated: 4 years, 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 12, 2020, 5:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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mbadanoiu/CVE-2016-4971

CVE-2016-4971 Wget 1.18/1.14-13.el7 Client Exploit

Python Shell

Updated: 5 years, 10 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 5, 2019, 3:50 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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tanjiti/packet_analysis

IP/TCP/UDP数据包分析及解析

Python

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
222 stars 71 fork 71 watcher
Born at : Aug. 18, 2017, 8:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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qazbnm456/awesome-cve-poc

✍️ A curated list of CVE PoCs.

awesome cve poc

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
3289 stars 678 fork 678 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.
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KosukeShimofuji/cve_watch

trache is track patch file tool

Go

Updated: 8 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 29, 2016, 6:27 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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gitcollect/CVE-2016-4971

CVE-2016-4971 written in nodejs

JavaScript

Updated: 4 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 2, 2016, 2:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Filirom1/vulnerability-api

Vulnerability API

JavaScript CSS Dockerfile

Updated: 3 years ago
2 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : Nov. 21, 2015, 1:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-4971 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-4971 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • 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
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-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.

95.51 }} 0.61%

score

0.99437

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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