CVE-2016-4971
High
CVE-2016-4971
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
Exploit probability
45.9%
Published
June 30, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 20, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
14 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-4971
View original source
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=e996e322ffd42aaa051602da182d03178d0f13e1
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2016-06/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00043.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162395/GNU-wget-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Code-Execution.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2587.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91530
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036133
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3012-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/