CVE-2004-1488

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    CVE-2004-1488

    Published: 27 Apr 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x does not filter or quote control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal, which may allow remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and execute arbitrary code.

    References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755, http://secunia.com/advisories/20960, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html, 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/18421, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9750, 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