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7.5high

CVE-2005-0116in critical feed5 exploits

AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir…

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
74.9%
percentile 100%
Public exploits
5
Metasploit · Exploit-DB

AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

74.94% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • Metasploit exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_exec AWStats configdir Remote Command Execution · metasploit exploit, excellent rank · 2005-01-15
  • EDB-9912 AWStats 6.2 < 6.1 - configdir Command Injection (Metasploit) · webapps · 2005-01-15
  • EDB-773 AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution · webapps · 2005-01-25
  • EDB-772 AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution · webapps · 2005-01-25
  • EDB-16905 AWStats 6.1 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) · webapps · 2009-12-26

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • idefense.com /application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_IDEFENSE, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/12298 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.org /0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • kb.cert.org /vuls/id/272296 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /13002 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/13893/ · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • awstats.sourceforge.net /docs/awstats_changelog.txt · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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