CVE-2014-4877 – wget: FTP symlink arbitrary filesystem access

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2014-4877

29 Oct 2014 — Absolute path traversal vulnerability in GNU Wget before 1.16, when recursion is enabled, allows remote FTP servers to write to arbitrary files, and consequently execute arbitrary code, via a LIST response that references the same filename within two entries, one of which indicates that the filename is for a symlink. Vulnerabilidad de salto de ruta absoluta en GNU Wget anterior a 1.16, cuando la recursión esta habilitada, permite a servidores FTP remotos escribir a ficheros arbitrarios, y como consecuencia ... • https://packetstorm.news/files/id/180741 • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') •