CVE-2004-2014

Exp

Wget 1.9 and 1.9.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the name of the file being downloaded.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2014 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2014

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24123 exploit_db edb 2004-05-17 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2014

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 2026-01-24 0.12% 0.17% +0.05%
2 2025-03-30 0.23% 0.12% -0.11%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.23% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2014

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 1.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2014

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-2014

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-2014 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-2004-2014
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2014
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-2014 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wget), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-2014

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2014

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu wget 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu wget 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2014

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