THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-7955
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-7955

Ossim vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
6.4%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
The logcheck function in session.inc in AlienVault OSSIM before 5.3.1, when an action has been created, and USM before 5.3.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and consequently obtain sensitive information, modify the application, or execute arbitrary code as root via an "AV Report Scheduler" HTTP User-Agent header.
Affected vendor
Alienvault
Affected product
Ossim
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2017-03-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-7955

  • Confirm whether Alienvault Ossim is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-7955.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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