Telartis Bv AWStats Totals up to 1.1 awstatstotals.php multisort code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Telartis Bv AWStats Totals up to 1.1. This vulnerability affects the function multisort of the file awstatstotals.php. This manipulation of the argument sort causes code injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-3922. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Telartis Bv AWStats Totals up to 1.1 (Log Management Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function multisort of the file awstatstotals.php. The manipulation of the argument sort with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

awstatstotals.php in AWStats Totals 1.0 through 1.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via PHP sequences in the sort parameter, which is used by the multisort function when dynamically creating an anonymous PHP function.

The weakness was published 08/26/2008 by Metasploit (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at telartis.nl. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3922 since 09/04/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/03/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed by Metasploit in Ruby and been published immediately after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:awstatstotals.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34055 (AWStats Totals awstatstotals.php multisort() Function sort Parameter Arbitrary PHP Code Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11946 (AWStats Totals Remote Command Execution Vulnerability).

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 (44712), Exploit-DB (17324), Tenable (34055), SecurityFocus (BID 30856†) and OSVDB (47807†). Similar entry is available at VDB-43914. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 34055
Nessus Name: AWStats Totals awstatstotals.php multisort() Function sort Parameter Arbitrary PHP Code Execution
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OpenVAS ID: 801893
OpenVAS Name: AWStats Totals sort Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities
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MetaSploit ID: awstatstotals_multisort.rb
MetaSploit Name: AWStats Totals multisort Remote Command Execution
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D2Sec: Awstats Totals <= 1.14 RCE

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: telartis.nl
Researcher: Metasploit
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3922 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3922
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43915
X-Force: 44712
SecurityFocus: 30856 - AWStats Totals 'sort' Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31630 - AWStats Totals Cross-site Scripting and PHP Code Execution, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 47807 - AWStats Totals awstatstotals.php multisort() Function sort Parameter Arbitrary PHP Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 19350 - AWStats Totals < 1.15 MultiSort Function Allows Remote Commands Execution, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-2442

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/03/2024 19:16
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (78), 01/29/2018 16:08 (18), 08/02/2021 08:18 (3), 11/03/2024 19:16 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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