5.7
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-1000161
Nmap HTTP-Fetch Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 18, 2018, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 24, 2018, 12:08 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-1000161 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nmap nmap
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://nmap.org/changelog.html Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-1000161 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-1000161 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://nmap.org/changelog.html No Types Assigned https://nmap.org/changelog.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:6.49:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.25:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.25:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:nmap:nmap:7.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} -0.00%

score

0.24019

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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