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CVE-1999-0402

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-01-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

• gnuwget wget: 1.5.3

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0402
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0402

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