CVE-2010-2252

wget: multiple HTTP client download filename vulnerability [OCERT 2010-001]

Published Jul 6, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 4.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2088-1 New wget packages fix potential code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2264 GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-982-1 Wget vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03983}

epss

{'score': 0.03994}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03734}

epss

{'score': 0.03983}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:25 AM
Reserved
Jun 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 6, 2010, 5:17 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:20 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 17, 2010, 12:00 AM