Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0402 - Unspecified vulnerability in GNU Wget 1.5.3

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
gnu

Summary

wget 1.5.3 follows symlinks to change permissions of the target file instead of the symlink itself.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gnu
1