CVE-2011-0751 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.66% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-03-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nazgul | nostromo |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | nostromo nhttpd 1.9.3 - Directory Traversal Remote Command Execution | 2011-03-05 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/71235
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43775
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8140
- http://www.nazgul.ch/dev_nostromo.html
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2011-001
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517026/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46880
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0674
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66103
- http://osvdb.org/71235
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43775
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8140
- http://www.nazgul.ch/dev_nostromo.html
- http://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2011-001
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517026/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46880
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0674
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66103
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