VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2019-16278

unknown KEV
Published 2024-11-07 · Modified 2024-11-07
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
2.5

Description

Nostromo nhttpd contains a directory traversal vulnerability in the http_verify() function in a non-chrooted nhttpd server allowing for remote code execution.

CISA KEV

Vendor
Nostromo
Product
nhttpd
Due date
2024-11-28

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
99%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-47573 remote multiple verified
Metasploit · 2019-11-01

Nostromo - Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.
EDB-47837 remote multiple verified
Kr0ff · 2020-01-01

nostromo 1.9.6 - Remote Code Execution

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

exploit_multi/http/nostromo_code_exec rank 400
Nostromo Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution
Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.