CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6971
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74
Description
AlienVault USM and OSSIM before 5.3.7 and NfSen before 1.3.8 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands in a privileged context, or launch a reverse shell, via vectors involving the PHP session ID and the NfSen PHP code, aka AlienVault ID ENG-104862.
Affected configurations
• alienvault ossim (<= 5.3.6)
• alienvault unified security management (<= 5.3.6)
• nfsen nfsen (<= 1.3.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/ Vendor Advisory
- https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/ www.exploit-db.com