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CVE-2018-20483

set_file_metadata in xattr.c in GNU Wget before 1.20.1 stores a file's origin URL in the user.xdg.origin.url metadata at

set_file_metadata in xattr.c in GNU Wget before 1.20.1 stores a file's origin URL in the user.xdg.origin.url metadata attribute of the extended attributes of the downloaded file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (e.g., credentials contained in the URL) by reading this attribute, as demonstrated by getfattr. This also applies to Referer information in the user.xdg.referrer.url metadata attribute. According to 2016-07-22 in the Wget ChangeLog, user.xdg.origin.url was partially based on the behavior of fwrite_xattr in tool_xattr.c in curl.

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.00044
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules7 YARA rules0

Affected Products & Versions

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gnu wget< 1.20.1

Public Exploits & PoCs

1

Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSuspicious Download and Execute Pattern via Curl/Wget
producthighSuspicious File Download From IP Via Wget.EXE
producthighSuspicious File Download From IP Via Wget.EXE - Paths
producthighSuspicious File Download From File Sharing Domain Via Wget.EXE
productmediumDownload File To Potentially Suspicious Directory Via Wget
productmediumData Exfiltration with Wget

Scoring & Timeline

7.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD26 Dec 2018 · 06:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11510-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:0057-1
rhsaRHSA-2019:3701Moderate
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:0093-1
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References & Sources

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