CVE-2017-6971

8.8 highEPSS 16%

High (8.8). EPSS 16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 96% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-74
Published: 2017-03-22
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

alienvault:ossim
alienvault:unified_security_management
nfsen:nfsen

References

https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8325/
https://www.alienvault.com/forums/discussion/8698
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42306/
https://sourceforge.net/p/nfsen/news/2017/01/nfsen-138-released---security-fix/

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