CVE-2004-1487

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    CVE-2004-1487

    Published: 27 Apr 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves to the IP address of the malicious server, which bypasses wget's filtering for ".." sequences.

    References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2, http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18420, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11682, https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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