CVE-2018-20483

N/A
Published: December 26, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWget

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

set_file_metadata in xattr.c in GNU Wget before 1.20.1 stores a file's origin URL in the user.xdg.origin.url metadata attribute of the extended attributes of the downloaded file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (e.g., credentials contained in the URL) by reading this attribute, as demonstrated by getfattr. This also applies to Referer information in the user.xdg.referrer.url metadata attribute. According to 2016-07-22 in the Wget ChangeLog, user.xdg.origin.url was partially based on the behavior of fwrite_xattr in tool_xattr.c in curl.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.20.1
Affected range stops below 1.20.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (7)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/tree/NEWS
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106358
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-08
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1077676739877232640
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3943-1/

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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