Path Traversal in Nmap

CVE-2018-1000161

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-1000161: held from 0.010 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: -0.000

Affected products

  • Nmap — versions 6.49, 7.00, 7.01

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000161?
CVE-2018-1000161 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nmap, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2018-04-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000161?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.