CVE-2017-6508
Wget CRLF Injection Remote Header Injection
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the url_parse function in url.c in Wget through 1.19.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers via CRLF sequences in the host subcomponent of a URL.
INFO
Published Date :
March 7, 2017, 8:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2017-6508 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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CVE-2017-6508 vulnerability over time.
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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=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4 Added Reference http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96877 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-16 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-16 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96877 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value 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:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4 No Types Assigned http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=4d729e322fae359a1aefaafec1144764a54e8ad4 Patch Changed Reference Type http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html No Types Assigned http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2017-03/msg00018.html Exploit, Mailing List Added CWE CWE-93 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-6508 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.14 }} -0.11%
score
0.35277
percentile