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CVE-2004-1487: gnu wget

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-1487
Published 15-02-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-1487 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gnu wget. EPSS estimates a 1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2005:771

Timeline

  1. 15-02-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x allows a remote malicious web server to overwrite certain files via a redirection URL containing a ".." that resolves to the IP address of the malicious server, which bypasses wget's filtering for ".." sequences.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

76%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.66% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.debian.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wget< 1.9.1-11
Gnu1 product
  • wget1.8 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.9 | 1.9.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

9 links