Is CVE-2018-1000161 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-1000161 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-1000161?

CVE-2018-1000161 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.7 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-1000161?

CVE-2018-1000161 has an EPSS score of 1.04% (60th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1000161?

Upgrade nmap on debian 11 to 7.70+dfsg1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-1000161

MEDIUM

5.7

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

nmapDebian

Fixed in:7.70+dfsg1-1CVE-2018-1000161

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

nmap.org

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.