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Medium severity5.7NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1000161

CVE-2018-1000161

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.

Affected products

2
  • Nmap/Nmapinferred2 versions
    >=6.49BETA6,<=7.60+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: >=6.49BETA6,<=7.60
    • (no CPE)range: 6.49BETA6 <= v <= 7.60 (SVN <= 37147)

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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