CVE-2005-0116 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands on AWStats web analytics servers via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-0116?
CVE-2005-0116 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jan 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0116?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Awstats Awstats.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0116?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2005-0116 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0116 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 4 Exploit-DB entries.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0116, GHSA-3vg9-7c42-3mxf.