CVE-2018-20483
set_file_metadata in xattr.c in GNU Wget before 1.20.1 stores a file's origin URL in the user.xdg.origin.url metadata attribute of the extended attributes of the downloaded file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (e.g., credentials contained in the URL) by reading this attribute, as demonstrated by getfattr. This also applies to Referer information in the user.xdg.referrer.url metadata attribute. According to 2016-07-22 in the Wget ChangeLog, user.xdg.origin.url was partially based on the behavior of fwrite_xattr in tool_xattr.c in curl.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.66%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 50
- 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 (1)
CWE
- CWE-200
Referencias
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/tree/NEWS
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106358
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3701
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-08
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190321-0002/
- https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1077676739877232640
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3943-1/
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/tree/NEWS
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106358
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3701
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-08
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190321-0002/
- https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1077676739877232640
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3943-1/
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