Remote File Overwrite Vulnerability in Wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x

CVE-2004-1487 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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