FKIE_CVE-2017-6971

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-22 14:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:23
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
alienvault ossim *
alienvault unified_security_management *
nfsen nfsen *
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