CVE-2016-4971

Publication date 10 June 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wget	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.17.1-1ubuntu2
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.17.1-1ubuntu2
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.17.1-1ubuntu1.1
	15.10 wily	Fixed 1.16.1-1ubuntu1.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.13.4-2ubuntu1.4

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
wget	Upstream: ?id=e99

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3012-1
Wget vulnerability
20 June 2016

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