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● CVE — Medium

CVE-2018-1000161

VendornmapProductnmapDiscoveredApr 18, 2018UpdatedNov 21, 2024

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.

CVSS v3.1
5.7 MEDIUM
EPSS
1.03%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 28, 2026
▼ 0.02pp
1.04% → 1.03% over 10 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionREQUIRED
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityNONE
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityNONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Connections
2 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Apr 18, 2018
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024