Known Exploited Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-16278
Nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 14, 2019, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

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

Required Action :

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes :

https://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16278

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-16278 has a 55 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-16278 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Nazgul nostromo_nhttpd
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-16278.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt Release Notes
https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://sp0re.sh Broken Link Not Applicable
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt Release Notes
https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits Broken Link Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://sp0re.sh Broken Link Not Applicable

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

This repository contains an exploit for CVE-2019-16278 in Nostromo Web Server 1.9.6, allowing remote code execution via a directory traversal vulnerability. The script uses pwntools to establish a reverse shell. For educational and authorized testing use only.

Python

Updated: 3 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 12, 2024, 12:13 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 6, 2024, 12:33 p.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

CISA Bot is a GitHub bot that automatically monitors the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. When new vulnerabilities are published in the KEV, the bot creates GitHub issues in this repository with detailed information about each vulnerability.

Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 29, 2024, 10:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

project for simplon networking class

Updated: 6 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 17, 2024, 8:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 1 week ago
6 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2024, 2:08 p.m. This repo has been linked 305 different CVEs too.

None

CSS HTML JavaScript

Updated: 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2024, 2:11 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

Nostromo 1.9.6 reverse shell

Python Shell

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 16, 2023, 5:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

This is a exploit of CVE-2019-16278 for Nostromo 1.9.6 RCE. This exploit allows RCE on the victim machine.

Python

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 4, 2023, 9:59 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1044 different CVEs too.

None

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 1 month ago
7 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 2:30 a.m. This repo has been linked 270 different CVEs too.

热门框架/组件/服务漏洞的描述/利用/修复

Updated: 6 months ago
12 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Aug. 17, 2022, 8:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 57 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 2 years, 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2022, 8:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 157 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 6, 2022, 8:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 153 different CVEs too.

Ostorlab KEV: One-command to detect most remotely known exploitable vulnerabilities. Sourced from CISA KEV, Google's Tsunami, Ostorlab's Asteroid and Bug Bounty programs.

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Updated: 2 days, 17 hours ago
546 stars 34 fork 34 watcher
Born at : April 19, 2022, 8:58 a.m. This repo has been linked 1221 different CVEs too.

None

Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2022, 10:20 a.m. This repo has been linked 126 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-16278 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Register
Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume

in brief One of the suspected masterminds behind the widespread Snowflake breach has been arrested in Canada – but the saga isn't over, eh. Alexander "Connor" Moucka was apprehended last week at the r ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 11, 2024 (3 weeks, 3 days ago)
  • Cybersecurity News
CISA Expands KEV Catalog with Four Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an updated advisory regarding four security vulnerabilities actively exploited in the wild. These vulnerabilities, now included i ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 08, 2024 (3 weeks, 6 days ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-16278 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
    Added Reference http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt
    Added Reference https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits
    Added Reference https://sp0re.sh
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt Release Notes, Third Party Advisory http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits Exploit, Third Party Advisory https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sp0re.sh Not Applicable https://sp0re.sh Broken Link, Not Applicable
  • CVE CISA KEV Update by 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

    Nov. 08, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Due Date 2024-11-28
    Added Vulnerability Name Nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Vulnerability
    Added Required Action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
    Added Date Added 2024-11-07
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Nov. 07, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-22
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155802/nostromo-1.9.6-Remote-Code-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155045/Nostromo-1.9.6-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Command-Execution.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt No Types Assigned http://www.nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits No Types Assigned https://git.sp0re.sh/sp0re/Nhttpd-exploits Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://sp0re.sh No Types Assigned https://sp0re.sh Not Applicable
    Added CWE NIST CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nazgul:nostromo_nhttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.9.6
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-16278 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.42 }} -0.03%

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0.99954

percentile

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