CVE-2016-4971

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

30/06/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget::::::::		1.18 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::-:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::esm:::
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::	6.1.0 (including)	6.1.16 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::	7.0.0 (including)	7.0.14 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os::::::::	7.1.0 (including)	7.1.9 (including)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2016-4971

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools