USN-2393-1

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    USN-2393-1

    Published: 30 Oct 2014Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: wget vulnerability

    Details: HD Moore discovered that Wget contained a path traversal vulnerability when downloading symlinks using FTP. A malicious remote FTP server or a man in the middle could use this issue to cause Wget to overwrite arbitrary files, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2393-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4877

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wget

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1.14-2ubuntu1

    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