{"id":"USN-2393-1","summary":"wget vulnerability","details":"HD Moore discovered that Wget contained a path traversal vulnerability\nwhen downloading symlinks using FTP. A malicious remote FTP server or a man\nin the middle could use this issue to cause Wget to overwrite arbitrary\nfiles, possibly leading to arbitrary code execution.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:50Z","published":"2014-10-30T17:10:17Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4877"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-4877","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4877"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2393-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4877"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"wget","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/wget@1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["1.14-2ubuntu1","1.14-5ubuntu1","1.15-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"wget","binary_version":"1.15-1ubuntu1.14.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-4877","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2393-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}