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CVE-2018-20483

Published: Dec 26, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 51.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenShift Container PlatformOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for BasesystemOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
The GNU Project
oss-project·USaka gnu
GNU WgetLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
gnu
oss-project·USaka g. nu
wget
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20483
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https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20483/
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20483
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