CVE-2019-16278: Nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Critical · CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 99.0%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: mitre
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
Directory Traversal in the function http_verify in nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution via a crafted HTTP request.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
nazgul: nostromo_nhttpd
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execut… (opens in new tab)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in new tab)
- git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits (opens in new tab)
- sp0re.sh (opens in new tab)
- www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)