CVE-2004-2014 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in Wget versions 1.9 and 1.9.1, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and potential for partial impact on integrity and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, an exploit demonstrating a race condition is available on ExploitDB. There is minimal community discussion or media coverage regarding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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