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CVE-2002-1344

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1344 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget versions prior to 1.8.2-4, as well as affected Sun Cobalt RaQ XTR products. A malicious remote FTP server could exploit this flaw to create or overwrite files on the Wget user's system by embedding absolute paths or ".." sequences within filenames. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0425 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1344Moderate

security flaw

Dec 10, 2002

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-003.0.txt
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0102.html
distro.conectiva.com / atualizacoes
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
marc.info
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-209
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/n-022.shtml
iss.net / security_center/static/10820.php
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/210148
US Government Resource
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-086.php
openpkg.com / security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2003.007.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-229.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-256.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/307045/30/26300/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/6352
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/6360