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CVE-2019-16278

PUBLISHED

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...

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction
Vendor
nostromo
Product
nhttpd
Published
Oct 14, 2019
EPSS
—

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.

cisa nuclei_scanner metasploit nessus_scanner

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 7.5

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2024-11-07 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation
active
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source Added
CISA Nov 07, 2024

Scanner integrations

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/nostromo_code_exec.rb Apr 28, 2025
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-16278.yaml Apr 25, 2025
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/142137 Nov 13, 2024

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

nostromo_code_exec

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2019-16278

alexander-fernandes/CVE-2019-16278

github · Created 2022-03-24 12:06:55 UTC · 0 stars

A quick python exploit for the Nostromo 1.9.6 remote code execution vulnerability. Only takes in host and port of web server as required arguments.

n3rdh4x0r/CVE-2019-16278

github · Created 2021-07-19 00:45:07 UTC · 0 stars

NHPT/CVE-2019-16278

github · Created 2020-01-01 13:28:40 UTC · 0 stars

CVE-2019-16278：Nostromo Web服务器的RCE漏洞

aN0mad/CVE-2019-16278-Nostromo_1.9.6-RCE

github · Created 2019-11-26 14:15:44 UTC · 6 stars

Python script to exploit RCE in Nostromo nhttpd <= 1.9.6.

AnubisSec/CVE-2019-16278

github · Created 2019-11-22 18:35:14 UTC · 8 stars

A quick python exploit for the Nostromo 1.9.6 remote code execution vulnerability. Simply takes a host and port that the web server is running on.

ianxtianxt/CVE-2019-16278

github · Created 2019-10-15 12:47:59 UTC · 2 stars

CVE-2019-16278Nostromo httpd命令执行

imjdl/CVE-2019-16278-PoC

github · Created 2019-10-15 09:22:36 UTC · 8 stars

CVE-2019-16728 Proof of Concept

jas502n/CVE-2019-16278

github · Created 2019-10-15 03:40:13 UTC · 69 stars

Directory transversal to remote code execution

Timeline

  • CVE ID Reserved

  • CVE Published to Public

  • Added to KEVIntel

  • Detected by Nessus

  • Detected by Nuclei

  • Detected by Metasploit