ubuntu-cve-2014-4877
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-10-29 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates that the filename is for a symlink.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "wget",
            "binary_version": "1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "wget",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.14-2ubuntu1",
        "1.14-5ubuntu1",
        "1.15-1ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates that the filename is for a symlink.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4877",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:12Z",
  "published": "2014-10-29T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4877"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-10/msg00150.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/10/28/r7-2014-15-gnu-wget-ftp-symlink-arbitrary-filesystem-access"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2393-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4877"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2393-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-4877"
  ]
}



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