CVE-2018-1000161 is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting Nmap versions 6.49BETA6 through 7.60, specifically within the NSE script http-fetch. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into running the http-fetch script against a malicious website, leading to arbitrary file overwrites on the victim's system. With a CVSS score of 5.7 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction and low privileges, but can result in high impact to integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it was patched in Nmap version 7.7.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.49CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:6.49:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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