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TI-2014-04014 Aliases CVE-2014-4877GHSA-p2w7-gcfj-5p55

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled…

Priority HIGH 68CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 10 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates that the filename is for a symlink.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.39883 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 10 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.15VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.12VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.13VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.13.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.13.2VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.13.3VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.13.4VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.14VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.15 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.12 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.13 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.13.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.13.2 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.13.3 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.13.4 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.14 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2014:1955 Released 2014-12-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    wget security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.5) wget-1.12-1.12.el6_5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5) wget-1.12-1.12.el6_5
  • RHSA-2014:1764 Released 2014-10-30 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    wget security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) wget-1.12-5.el6_6.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) wget-1.14-10.el7_0.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1764
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1764
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1764
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1764
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node EUS (v. 6.5)Fixed RHSA-2014:1955
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1764
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1764
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.5)Fixed RHSA-2014:1955
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2014:1764
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2014:1764

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-4877
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p2w7-gcfj-5p55

References

Exploit 2

Patch 4

Advisory 9

Other 6

  • TI-2017-09727 GNU Wget: stack overflow in HTTP protocol handling CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-04293 GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-09728 GNU Wget: heap overflow in HTTP protocol handling CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-04244 Out-of-bounds write in GNU Wget CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-06103 Race condition in wget 1.17 and earlier, when used in recursive or mirroring mode to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2018-00451 Improper input validation in WGet CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
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