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CVE-2010-2252

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 4.21%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2010-07-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2010-2252
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
4.21%

Original NVD Description

GNU Wget 1.12 and earlier uses a server-provided filename instead of the original URL to determine the destination filename of a download, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a 3xx redirect to a URL with a .wgetrc filename followed by a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.