CVE-2004-1488 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.9% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
wget 1.8.x and 1.9.x does not filter or quote control characters when displaying HTTP responses to the terminal, which may allow remote malicious web servers to inject terminal escape sequences and execute arbitrary code.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 11.92% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-04-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnu | wget |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | GNU Wget 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities | 2004-12-10 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20960
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18421
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9750
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20960
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18421
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9750
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/
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