Upstream information

CVE-1999-0402 at MITRE

Description

wget 1.5.3 follows symlinks to change permissions of the target file instead of the symlink itself.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Ignore

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jun 27 23:19:46 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:29 2025