CVE-2022-48253 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2023-01-11

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 33.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.33533.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://nazgul.ch/dev/nostromo_cl.txt
https://www.soteritsecurity.com/blog/2023/01/nostromo_from_directory_traversal_to_RCE.html

History

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Nazgul Nostromo

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-08T19:59:23.660Z

Reserved: 2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-48253

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:10:59.695Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-11T03:15:10.020

Modified: 2025-04-08T20:15:17.530

Link: CVE-2022-48253

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22

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