Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	awstats	>=0 <6.2-1.1	6.2-1.1
debian 12	awstats	>=0 <6.2-1.1	6.2-1.1
debian 13	awstats	>=0 <6.2-1.1	6.2-1.1
debian 14	awstats	>=0 <6.2-1.1	6.2-1.1

Aliases

1. CVE-2005-01162. NVD-2005-01163. OSV-DEBIAN-2005-01164. OSV-2005-01165. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2005-0116

References

1. https://vulncheck.com/cve/CVE-2005-01162. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7733. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7724. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/169055. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/99126. https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_exec.rb

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