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CVE-2004-2014 Detail

Description

Wget 1.9 and 1.9.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the name of the file being downloaded.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  12/31/2004

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.6 LOW
Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 1.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108481268725276&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=wget&m=108482747906833&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=wget&m=108483270227139&w=2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:204
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10361 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16167
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9830
https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9830
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9830

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-2014
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2004
NVD Last Modified:
10/03/2018