CVE-2018-1000500

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    CVE-2018-1000500

    Published: 26 Jun 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Busybox contains a Missing SSL certificate validation vulnerability in The "busybox wget" applet that can result in arbitrary code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via Simply download any file over HTTPS using "busybox wget https://compromised-domain.com/important-file".

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4531-1/, http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2018-May/086462.html, https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=45fa3f18adf57ef9d743038743d9c90573aeeb91

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -fb957125d8aa83c9df6e54292327983a51ee7ffd

    Affected versions

    1_31_0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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