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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20483

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20483 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

set_file_metadata in xattr.c in GNU Wget before 1.20.1 stores a file's origin URL in the user.xdg.origin.url metadata attribute of the extended attributes of the downloaded file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (e.g., credentials contained in the URL) by reading this attribute, as demonstrated by getfattr. This also applies to Referer information in the user.xdg.referrer.url metadata attribute. According to 2016-07-22 in the Wget ChangeLog, user.xdg.origin.url was partially based on the behavior of fwrite_xattr in tool_xattr.c in curl.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14wget0, 0, 0
Debian:12wget0, 0, 0
Debian:13wget0, 0, 0
Debian:11wget0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Dec 26, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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