Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-7665
CVE-2015-7665
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
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- tails.boum.org/news/version_1.7/index.en.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/commit/nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/01/10nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76678nvd
- labs.riseup.net/code/issues/10364nvd
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2015-08/msg00020.htmlnvd
- mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-August/009370.htmlnvd
- mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2015-October/009591.htmlnvd
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