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CVE-2017-6971

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 16.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

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.

Affected products

• Alienvault Ossim: through 5.3.6
• Alienvault Unified Security Management: through 5.3.6
• Nfsen: through 1.3.7

References

• 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/
• 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/

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