CVE-2004-1488

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Wget
PublishedApr 27, 2005
First seenApr 27, 2005

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu wget1.8, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.9, 1.9.1—

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