CVE-2006-2644 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-2644

AWStats 6.5, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

awstats
Vulnerable Versions:
6.4_1, 6.5, 6.5_1

Timeline

Official Publish: May 30th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.