CVE-2006-2644

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    CVE-2006-2644

    Published: 30 May 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/20164, http://secunia.com/advisories/20283, http://secunia.com/advisories/20502, http://secunia.com/advisories/20710, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_33_awstats.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1998, http://secunia.com/advisories/20283, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1075, http://www.osreviews.net/reviews/comm/awstats, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365910, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18327, https://usn.ubuntu.com/290-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High