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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- NfSen < 1.3.7 / AlienVault OSSIM 5.3.4 - Command Injection EDB-42306 · webapps · Jul 10, 2017 · verified
GitHub 2 repositories
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patrickfreed/nfsen-exploit ★ 4 · Apr 10, 2017
Exploit for CVE-2017-6971 remote command execution in nfsen 1.3.7.
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KeyStrOke95/nfsen_1.3.7_CVE-2017-6971 ★ 0 · Apr 24, 2019
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.