CVE-2017-6971

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.

CVSS v3.0 NVD

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

9.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

16.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile

Published

2017-03-22

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• KeyStrOke95/nfsen_1.3.7_CVE-2017-69710★ · 2019-04-24
• patrickfreed/nfsen-exploit4★ · 2017-04-10

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306

Security advisories

• https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325
• https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698
• https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2023-29357