AWStats < 6.6 migrate Variable Command Execution

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3536

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to an arbitrary 'command insertion' flaw.

Description

The remote host is running AWStats, a CGI log analyzer. There are various content-parsing flaws in the remote version of this software that would allow an attacker to execute code on the remote host. An attacker exploiting this flaw would only need to be able to generate HTTP requests to the awstats.pl CGI script. A successful attack would allow the attacker to run system commands with the privileges of the CGI script.

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.6 or higher.

See Also

http://awstats.sourceforge.net

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3536

Family: CGI

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:awstats:awstats

Exploitable With

Metasploit (AWStats migrate Remote Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2237

BID: 17844