Security advisory

{
  "id": "4ebeb906a7a9ba382d712b6accf49ab83a048c83396f89607e50e6e81a2e2201",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4971",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-4971",
    "summary": "GNU wget before 1.18 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-4971",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-4971",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-4971"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "http://http.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/wget.git/",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "bd7f36705b4daca56ebb825eae55faa7f17084d9"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:wget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.18"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.17.1",
            "v1.17",
            "v1.16.3",
            "v1.16.2",
            "v1.16.1",
            "v1.16",
            "v1.15",
            "v1.14",
            "v1.13.4",
            "v1.13.3",
            "v1.13.2",
            "v1.13.1",
            "v1.13",
            "v1.12"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4971.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-30T10:30:31.279548735Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-11",
        "https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343666",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40064/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:paloaltonetworks:pan-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "paloaltonetworks:pan-os",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "6.1.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "6.1.16"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.0.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.0.14"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "7.1.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "7.1.9"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "12.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "12.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "14.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "14.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "15.10"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "15.10"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "16.04"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "16.04"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "oracle:solaris",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "10"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "10"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "11.3"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "11.3"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-4971",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 405424,
  "published_at": "2016-06-30T17:59:07.893+00:00"
}