CVE-2002-1344

Directory traversal vulnerability in wget before 1.8.2-4 allows a remote FTP server to create or overwrite files as the wget user via filenames containing (1) /absolute/path or (2) .. (dot dot) sequences.

Published: 2002-12-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1344 is rated Moderate Risk (54.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.25%). EPSS rose +3.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1344

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.90% 4.25% +3.35%
2 2026-02-27 0.76% 0.90% +0.13%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.76% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1344

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1344

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1344

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1344 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wget), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1344
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1344

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1344

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu wget 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu wget 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu wget 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu wget 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu wget 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu wget 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu wget 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun cobalt_raq_xtr — cpe:2.3:h:sun:cobalt_raq_xtr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1344

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-003.0.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0102.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000552
http://distro.conectiva.com/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000552
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103962838628940&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104033016703851&w=2
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-022.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10820.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/210148 US Government Resource
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-086.php
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2003.007.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-229.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-256.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/307045/30/26300/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6352 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6360
https://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-209
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