CVE-2004-1487

N/A Unknown

Published: April 27, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves to the IP address of the malicious server, which bypasses wget's filtering for ".." sequences.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Vendor Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18420

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11682

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755