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.
CVSS Score
2.6
EPSS Score
0.01
Published
2004-12-31
Directory traversal vulnerability in wget before 1.8.2-4 allows a remote FTP server to create or overwrite files as the wget user via filenames containing (1) /absolute/path or (2) .. (dot dot) sequences.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.042
Published
2002-12-18
wget 1.5.3 follows symlinks to change permissions of the target file instead of the symlink itself.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.015
Published
1999-01-02
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