CVE-2017-6971

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.

• CWE-74

• 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/

Published

Mar 22, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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