{"cve":"CVE-2010-2252","nvd":{"published":"2010-07-06T17:17:13.313","modified":"2026-06-16T23:20:23.580","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00023.html","http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00031.html","http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00032.html","http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00033.html","http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2010-05/msg00034.html"],"products":["gnu:wget"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:56:26.512081652+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-2252","score":0.04214,"percentile":0.90986,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}