CVE-2017-6971

high

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.

References

https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/

https://github.com/patrickfreed/nfsen-exploit

https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698

https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-16009

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-22

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.16179