CVE-2018-1000161

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-03-20
CWE:
CWE-22
Bugzilla:
1560005: CVE-2018-1000161 nmap: directory traversal in the way the non-default http-fetch script sanitized URLs

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-1000161 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 nmap Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 nmap Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 nmap Not affected

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