Users of Wget please be advised of a file creation and code execution vulnerability that has been identified.
To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)
Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
USN-982-1]: [USN-982-1] Wget vulnerability file creation and code execution
Details follow:
It was discovered that Wget would use filenames provided by the server when
following 3xx redirects. If a user or automated system were tricked into
downloading a file from a malicious site, a remote attacker could create
the file with an arbitrary name (e.g. .wgetrc), and possibly run arbitrary
code.
Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/9tpl
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