{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.1","notes":[{"category":"summary","text":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document. This document is autogenerated.","title":"WGET Vulnerability"}],"publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"Palo Alto Networks","namespace":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com"},"title":"Palo Alto Networks PSIRT provided VEX document: CVE-2016-4971","distribution":{"text":"Copyright © 2024 Palo Alto Networks. All rights reserved.","tlp":{"label":"CLEAR","url":"https://www.first.org/tlp/"}},"tracking":{"current_release_date":"2026-04-11T00:27:01.433Z","generator":{"date":"2026-04-11T00:27:01.433Z","engine":{"name":"Vulnogram","version":"0.0.9"}},"id":"CVE-2016-4971","initial_release_date":"2017-05-23T03:00:03.000Z","revision_history":[{"number":"1","date":"2026-04-10T17:27:01.000Z","summary":"Initial release"}],"status":"final","version":"1"}},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"name":"Palo Alto Networks","category":"vendor","branches":[]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2016-4971","product_status":{"fixed":["PANW-PAN-OS-409","PANW-PAN-OS-417","PANW-PAN-OS-419"],"known_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-421","PANW-PAN-OS-422","PANW-PAN-OS-418"],"known_not_affected":["PANW-PAN-OS-423"]},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"The wget library has been found to contain a vulnerability (CVE 2016-4971). wget allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource. Palo Alto Networks software makes use of the vulnerable library and may be affected. (Ref # PAN-59677/ CVE 2016-4971)\nSuccessfully exploiting this issue would require an attacker to be authenticated on the Management Interface.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 6.1.16 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.0.14 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.9 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0"}],"references":[{"category":"external","summary":"NVD - CVE-2016-4971","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4971"},{"category":"self","summary":"Palo Alto Networks Security Advisory CVE-2016-4971","url":"https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2016-4971"}],"threats":[{"category":"impact","description":"The wget library has been found to contain a vulnerability (CVE 2016-4971). wget allows remote servers to write to arbitrary files by redirecting a request from HTTP to a crafted FTP resource. Palo Alto Networks software makes use of the vulnerable library and may be affected. (Ref # PAN-59677/ CVE 2016-4971)\nSuccessfully exploiting this issue would require an attacker to be authenticated on the Management Interface.\nThis issue affects PAN-OS 6.1.16 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.0.14 and earlier, PAN-OS 7.1.9 and earlier, PAN-OS 8.0"}],"scores":[{"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["PANW-PAN-OS-421","PANW-PAN-OS-422","PANW-PAN-OS-418"]}]}]}