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CVE-2010-2252

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD

GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-20
EPSS score
4.2% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2010-2264)
Published
July 6, 2010
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-2264 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • gnu / wget
  • gnu / wget
  • gnu / wget
  • gnu / wget
  • gnu / wget
  • gnu / wget
  • gnu / wget
  • gnu / wget
  • gnu / wget
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  • gnu / wget
  • gnu / wget
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  • gnu / wget

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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