#VU7608 Command injection in Open Source Security Information Manager and Unified Security Management - CVE-2017-6971
Published: July 31, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7608
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-6971
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Open Source Security Information Manager
Unified Security Management
Open Source Security Information Manager
Unified Security Management
Software vendor:
AlienVault
AlienVault
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a targeted system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request containing special control characters or use vectors involving the PHP session ID and the NfSen PHP code to execute arbitrary commands or launch a reverse shell on the targeted system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request containing special control characters or use vectors involving the PHP session ID and the NfSen PHP code to execute arbitrary commands or launch a reverse shell on the targeted system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Update to version 5.3.5.