THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-6971
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-6971

Ossim vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
16.2%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Alienvault
Affected product
Ossim
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-03-22

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 16.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-6971

  • Confirm whether Alienvault Ossim is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-6971.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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