Critical severity · published Jan 3, 2018
CVE-2017-1000501
Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in unauthenticated remote code execution
9.8
CVSS
4.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Awstats version 7.6 and earlier is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw in the handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters resulting in unauthenticated remote code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.4% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AW
Awstats · Awstats
through 7.6.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000501
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000501
Vendor Advisory
http://www.awstats.org/
Patch
https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/06c0ab29c1e5059d9e0279c6b64d573d619e1651
Patch
https://github.com/eldy/awstats/commit/cf219843a74c951bf5986f3a7fffa3dcf99c3899
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00012.html
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-37
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4092
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