CVE-2016-4971
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 30, 2016 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsUbuntu LinuxSolarisPAN-OS
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 46%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%v < 1.18
Affected range stops below 1.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
6.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.1.167.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.0.147.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.1.9
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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