CVE-2018-1000161 Path traversal in n/a
An attacker can overwrite files by tricking a user into running the http-fetch NSE script against a malicious website.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-1000161?
CVE-2018-1000161 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Apr 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1000161?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nmap Nmap.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1000161?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2018-1000161 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1000161 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1000161, GHSA-463f-727w-pqp7, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000161.