CVE-2005-0116 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.91763.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Awstats	Awstats

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/13893/
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=false
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/272296
http://www.osvdb.org/13002
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12298

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-01-19T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:23.994Z

Reserved: 2005-01-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0116

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-01-18T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-0116

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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