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CVE-2018-6947

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-665

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8: all versions
• NoMachine: through 6.0.66_2

References

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44167/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44168/
• https://www.fidusinfosec.com/nomachine-road-code-execution-without-fuzzing-cve-2018-6947/
• https://www.nomachine.com/SU02P00194
• https://www.nomachine.com/SU02P00195
• https://www.nomachine.com/TR02P08408
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44167/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44168/
• https://www.fidusinfosec.com/nomachine-road-code-execution-without-fuzzing-cve-2018-6947/
• https://www.nomachine.com/SU02P00194
• https://www.nomachine.com/SU02P00195
• https://www.nomachine.com/TR02P08408

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