PT-2005-1223 · Awstats · Awstats

Published 2005-01-18 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0116

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AWStats versions prior to 6.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This is achieved by using shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to the 'aswtats.pl' script.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.3, update to version 6.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the configdir parameter in the 'aswtats.pl' script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0116

Affected Products

Awstats

References · 17

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_exec.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/9912 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/773 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/772 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16905 · Exploit
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/272296 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13893 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0116 · Security Note
• http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0116 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0116 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0116 · Vendor Advisory
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/12298 · Note