Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 30, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-2644

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.

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Affected products

AWStats/Awstats4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4_1:sarge1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4_1:sarge1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=6.5

Patches

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References

secunia.com/advisories/20283nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1075nvdPatch
www.osreviews.net/reviews/comm/awstatsnvdPatch
secunia.com/advisories/20164nvdVendor Advisory
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
secunia.com/advisories/20502nvd
secunia.com/advisories/20710nvd
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_33_awstats.htmlnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/18327nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1998nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/290-1/nvd

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