CVE-2004-1487

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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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-145-1
• wget vulnerabilities
• 28 June 2005

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1487