CVE-2004-1488

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 13.30% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-771.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871	exploit vdb entry vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110269474112384&w=2	mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/145-1/	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18421	vdb entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=261755	exploit vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9750	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/20960	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012472	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-1488?: CVE-2004-1488 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-1488?: To fix CVE-2004-1488, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-1488 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-1488 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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