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CVE-2002-1344: gnu wget

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2002-1344DSA-209
Published 11-12-2002Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-1344 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gnu wget. EPSS estimates a 4.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-12-2002
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in wget before 1.8.2-4 allows a remote FTP server to create or overwrite files as the wget user via filenames containing (1) /absolute/path or (2) .. (dot dot) sequences.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.25% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wget< 1.8.2-8 | < 1.8.1-6.1
Gnu1 product
  • wget1.5.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7.1 | 1.8 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2

2 vendors · 2 products

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