CVE-2018-6947
An uninitialised stack variable in the nxfuse component that is part of the Open Source DokanFS library shipped with NoMachine 6.0.66_2…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
An uninitialised stack variable in the nxfuse component that is part of the Open Source DokanFS library shipped with NoMachine 6.0.66_2 and earlier allows a local low privileged user to gain elevation of privileges on Windows 7 (32 and 64bit), and denial of service for Windows 8 and 10.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Exploit-DB2 entries
- NoMachine < 6.0.80 (x86) - 'nxfuse' Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44167local, windows_x86published 22 Feb 2018Not verified
- NoMachine < 6.0.80 (x64) - 'nxfuse' Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44168local, windows_x86-64published 22 Feb 2018Not verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 44168 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 44167 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- https://www.fidusinfosec.com/nomachine-road-code-execution-without-fuzzing-cve-2018-6947/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44168 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.nomachine.com/SU02P00194 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 44167 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.nomachine.com/SU02P00195 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.nomachine.com/TR02P08408 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-18691 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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