CVE-2022-48253

nhttpd in Nostromo before 2.1 is vulnerable to a path traversal that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the remote server. The vulnerability occurs when the homedirs option is used.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.soteritsecurity.com/blog/2023/01/nostromo_from_directory_traversal_to_RCE.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.soteritsecurity.com/blog/2023/01/nostromo_from_directory_traversal_to_RCE.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nazgul:nostromo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 07:33

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-01-11 03:15

Updated : 2025-04-08 20:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-48253

Mitre link : CVE-2022-48253

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-48253

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Products Affected

nazgul

nostromo

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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