CVE-2017-6971 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2017-03-22

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 29.2% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:ossim::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:unified_security_management::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nfsen:nfsen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.29232.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/

History

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Subscriptions

Alienvault Ossim Unified Security Management

Nfsen Nfsen

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-03-22T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:49:02.140Z

Reserved: 2017-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6971

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-22T14:59:00.443

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6971

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-74

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