CVE-2006-2237

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2237
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-08 23:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe web interface for AWStats 6.4 and 6.5, when statistics updates are enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the migrate parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.905960000 probability, percentile 0.996160000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Awstats Awstats 6.4 All All All
Application Awstats Awstats 6.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VuXML: awstats -- arbitrary command execution vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vuxml.org
AWStats Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for awstats af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo update for awstats - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- AWStats: Remote execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
OS Reviews - AWStats: Flexible but Insecure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osreviews.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1058-1 awstats af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
AWStats "migrate" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for awstats - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-285-1: awstats vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
www.osvdb.org/25284 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Patch
SUSE update for awstats - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
AWStats - Security news and annoucements af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 awstats.sourceforge.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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