awstats 6.3/6.4 awstats.pl debug information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in awstats 6.3/6.4 (Log Management Software). Affected is an unknown code of the file awstats.pl. The manipulation of the argument debug with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by setting the debug parameter.

The bug was discovered 02/14/2005. The weakness was disclosed 02/14/2005 by Foster (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0438 since 02/15/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by omin0us and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 16456 (AWStats Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (Cmd Exec, Traversal, ID)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19477), Tenable (16456) and Exploit-DB (853). The entries 24461, 24460 and 24459 are pretty similar.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: omin0us
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Nessus ID: 16456
Nessus Name: AWStats Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (Cmd Exec, Traversal, ID)
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OpenVAS ID: 52186
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: awstats
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com
Researcher: Foster
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0438 (🔍)
X-Force: 19477
Vulnerability Center: 18270 - AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 awstats.pl Remote Information Disclosure, Medium
SecurityFocus: 12545 - AWStats Debug Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 14299
OSVDB: 13834 - AWStats awstats.pl debug mode Information Disclosure

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 08/09/2019 17:23
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (78), 08/09/2019 17:23 (5)
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