CVE-2016-4971
Estado: ModificadaAlta (8.8)—
GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 46%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 99
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (4)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- 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/
- 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/
JSON original (NVD)
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