CVE-2017-1000501 describes a critical path traversal vulnerability in Awstats versions 7.6 and earlier, impacting Awstats and Debian Linux distributions. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote code execution due to improper handling of the "config" and "migrate" parameters. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a high risk as it can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100 warrants attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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