Tails before 1.7 includes the wget program but does not prevent automatic fallback from passive FTP to active FTP, which allows remote FTP servers to discover the Tor client IP address by reading a (1) PORT or (2) EPRT command
Published Dec 27, 2015
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.60%
Description
Tails before 1.7 includes the wget program but does not prevent automatic fallback from passive FTP to active FTP, which allows remote FTP servers to discover the Tor client IP address by reading a (1) PORT or (2) EPRT command. NOTE: within wget itself, the automatic fallback is not considered a vulnerability by CVE.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01603) | 74.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01603) | 72.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.64% (0.00642) | 68.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00412) | 74.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00412) | 73.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.41% (0.00412) | 69.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=075d7556964f5a871a73c22ac4b69f5361295099 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76678 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/10364 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2015-08/msg00020.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009370.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-October/009591.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://tails.boum.org/news/version_1.7/index.en.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/?id=075d7556964f5a871a73c22ac4b69f5361295099 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76678 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/10364 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2015-08/msg00020.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009370.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-October/009591.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| https://tails.boum.org/news/version_1.7/index.en.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
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