CVE-2006-2644

AWStats 6.5, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using the configdir parameter to awstats.pl to upload a configuration file whose name contains shell metacharacters, then access that file using the LogFile directive.

Published: 2006-05-30 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2644 is rated Moderate Risk (41.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.04%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2644

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.62% 1.04% -0.58%
2 2025-03-29 1.04% 1.62% +0.58%
3 2025-03-19 — 1.04% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2644

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2644

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2644

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-2644 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (awstats), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2644
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-2644 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (awstats), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 2, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-2644

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2644

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
awstats awstats 6.4_1 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.4_1:sarge1:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
awstats awstats 6.5_1 cpe:2.3:a:awstats:awstats:6.5_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2644

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