MEDIUM
AWStats 6.5, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using the configdir parameter to awstats.pl to upload a configuration file whose name contains shell metacharacters, then access that file using the LogFile directive
Published May 30, 2006
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.71%
Description
AWStats 6.5, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using the configdir parameter to awstats.pl to upload a configuration file whose name contains shell metacharacters, then access that file using the LogFile directive.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.71% 0.02712
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02712
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.71% (0.02712) | 85.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02662) | 83.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.12% (0.01124) | 76.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.21% (0.01214) | 85.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 1.21% (0.01214) | 85.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 3, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01214) | 83.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.25% (0.01253) | 83.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.34% (0.08336) | 93.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.34% (0.08336) | 92.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.34% (0.08336) | 82.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365910 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20164 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20283 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20502 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20710 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1075 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_33_awstats.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/comm/awstats x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18327 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1998 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/290-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365910 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20164 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20283 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20502 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20710 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1075 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_33_awstats.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/comm/awstats | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18327 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1998 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/290-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 30, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 30, 2006
Link CVE-2006-2644
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a