CVE-2018-1000161 (GCVE-0-2018-1000161)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-18 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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|---|---|
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Date Public
2018-04-18 00:00
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