CVE-2017-6971

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-74

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

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/8698Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/
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/8698Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/

Timeline

Published: Mar 22, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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