CVE-2018-1000161

MEDIUM

nmap 6.49BETA6-7.60 - Path Traversal in NSE Script http-fetch

Title source: llm

Description

nmap version 6.49BETA6 through 7.60, up to and including SVN revision 37147 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in NSE script http-fetch that can result in file overwrite as the user is running it. This attack appears to be exploitable via a victim that runs NSE script http-fetch against a malicious web site. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 7.7.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://nmap.org/changelog.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.7

EPSS 0.0104

EPSS Percentile 59.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-22

Status published

Products (12)

nmap/nmap 6.49 beta6

nmap/nmap 7.00

nmap/nmap 7.01

nmap/nmap 7.10

nmap/nmap 7.11

nmap/nmap 7.12

nmap/nmap 7.25 beta1 (2 CPE variants)

nmap/nmap 7.30

nmap/nmap 7.31

nmap/nmap 7.40

... and 2 more

Published Apr 18, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026