Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in nhttpd (aka Nostromo webserver) before 1.9.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs or read arbitrary files via a ..%2f (encoded dot dot slash) in a URI.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- nostromo nhttpd 1.9.3 - Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution EDB-35466 · remote · Mar 5, 2011 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2011-001
- nostromo-http-command-execution(66103) vdb-entry
- http://www.nazgul.ch/dev_nostromo.html
- 46880 vdb-entry
- 20110315 [RT-SA-2011-001] nostromo nhttpd directory traversal leading to arbitrary command execution mailing-list
- ADV-2011-0674 vdb-entry
- 71235 vdb-entry
- 43775 third-party-advisory
- 8140 third-party-advisory