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CVE-2017-6971in critical feed1 exploit

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…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
16.2%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

16.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-42306 NfSen < 1.3.7 / AlienVault OSSIM 5.3.4 - Command Injection · webapps · 2017-07-10

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

References

  • sourceforge.net /p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • alienvault.com /forums/discussion/8325/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/42306/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • alienvault.com /forums/discussion/8698 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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