Hi @ll, the executable installers of Nmap-7.00 and prior versions (see <https://nmap.org/download.html>) as well as WinPcap-Nmap-4.12 and prior versions (included in nmap-7.00-win32.zip and prior versions) are built with the vulnerable Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) (see <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Dec/32> for details).
These executable installers are vulnerable and allow arbitrary (remote) code execution and escalation of privilege via the well- known attacks already published in the advisory regarding NSIS and the advisory <http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Nov/101> titled Mitigations for "carpet bombing" alias "directory poisoning" attacks against executable installers. Nmap-7.01 and WinPcap-Nmap-4.13 have been released and fix these vulnerabilities. stay tuned Stefan Kanthak _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list https://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
