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CVE-2004-1488: gnu wget

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-1488
Published 15-02-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-1488 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gnu wget. EPSS estimates a 11.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.92%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

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 does not filter or quote control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal, which may allow remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and execute arbitrary code.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

11.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 11.92% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
11.92%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugs.debian.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    GNU Wget 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities

    Maturity: weaponized

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

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