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CVE-2006-2644

Published: May 30, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
4.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.7%
Top 15.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·US
openSUSEOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
awstats
oss-project
awstatsOn-prem
Enterprise Software / bi-reporting
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://www.suse.com/support/security/advisories/2006_33_awstats.html
suse.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/20710
secunia.com
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365910
bugs.debian.org
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