awstats 6.3/6.4 awstats.pl loadplugin path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in awstats 6.3/6.4 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file awstats.pl. The manipulation of the argument loadplugin leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-0437. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in awstats 6.3/6.4 (Log Management Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the file awstats.pl. The manipulation of the argument loadplugin with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in awstats.pl in AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 allows remote attackers to include arbitrary Perl modules via .. (dot dot) sequences in the loadplugin parameter.

The bug was discovered 02/14/2005. The weakness was released 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0437 since 02/15/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3273.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20623), Tenable (16456), SecurityFocus (BID 12545†), OSVDB (13833†) and Secunia (SA14299†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-24462, VDB-24460 and VDB-24459. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/14/2005 🔍
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02/14/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/15/2005 +1 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +76 days 🔍
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04/27/2008 +1091 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +2508 days 🔍
08/09/2019 +1613 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0437 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0437
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24461
X-Force: 20623
SecurityFocus: 12545
Secunia: 14299
OSVDB: 13833 - CVE-2005-0437 - AWStats - Directory Traversal Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18271 - AWStats 6.3 and 6.4 awstats.pl Directory Traversal Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 23:05
Updated: 08/09/2019 17:27
Changes: 03/10/2015 23:05 (66), 08/09/2019 17:27 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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