CVE-2005-0116
highpriority · attend · 66EPSS 0.749 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
5 exploits · weaponized
Likely / severe?
74.9% (100th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
AWStats 6.1, and other versions before 6.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the configdir parameter to aswtats.pl.
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cvss
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7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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exploits (5)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_execAWStats configdir Remote Command Executionweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-16905AWStats 6.1 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-772AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-773AWStats 6.0 < 6.2 - 'configdir' Remote Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
- EDB-9912AWStats 6.2 < 6.1 - configdir Command Injection (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
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affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2005-01-18modified 2026-06-16
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references (14)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txtenisa_euvd
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0501-exploits/AWStatsVulnAnalysis.pdfenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13893/enisa_euvd
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=falseenisa_euvd
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/272296enisa_euvd
- http://www.osvdb.org/13002enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12298enisa_euvd
- http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txtPatchVendor Advisorynvd
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