nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:46880

Info

nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 46880
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2011-0751
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 15 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 15 2011 12:00AM
Credit: RedTeam Pentesting GmbH
Vulnerable: NAZGUL nostromo 1.9.3
Not Vulnerable: NAZGUL nostromo 1.9.4

Discussion

nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

nostromo nhttpd is prone to a remote command-execution vulnerability because it fails to properly validate user-supplied data.

An attacker can exploit this issue to access arbitrary files and execute arbitrary commands with application-level privileges.

nostromo versions prior to 1.9.4 are affected.

Exploit / POC

nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI and exploit code is available:

http://www.example.org/..%2flogs/access_log

Solution / Fix

nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

References

nostromo nhttpd Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

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